The year 2004 marked the beginning of the most successful period in Mukerji 's career . At the 50th Filmfare Awards in 2005 , Mukerji won both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards , becoming the only actress to win both awards in the same year . The Best Supporting Actress win was for Mani Ratnam 's '' Yuva '' ( 2004 ) , a composite film that featured an ensemble cast including Ajay Devgan , Abhishek Bachchan , Vivek Oberoi , Kareena Kapoor and Esha Deol . The film narrates the story of three youngsters from different strata of society whose lives intersect by a car accident ; Mukerji was cast as Shashi Biswas , a financially deprived Bengali housewife who is abused by her husband , a local goon ( played by Bachchan ) . Taran Adarsh wrote , " Amongst the leading ladies , it is Rani Mukerji who is the best of the lot . The role demanded an actress of substance and Rani more than lives up to the expectations . " She won the Best Actress award for her starring role in Kunal Kohli 's '' Hum Tum '' ( 2004 ) , a romantic comedy about two headstrong individuals who meet at different stages of their lives . The film pitted her opposite Saif Ali Khan and proved one of the biggest commercial successes of the year . '' The Hindu '' found Mukerji 's portrayal of Rhea Prakash to be " self assuredly competent " and Tanmaya Kumar Nanda of Rediff.com wrote , " Rani is her usual collected self , changing into the many hues of her character with the ease of a chameleon "
50th Filmfare Awards
50th Filmfare Awards
Rani Mukerji