Social media can turn an ordinary person to an Internet sensation in no time. That is exactly what happened in the case of Ranu Mandal whose video of singing Lata Mangeshkar¡¯s 'Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma' went viral like crazy. Things moved really fast for her after that.
We next heard that she got a makeover and she looked absolutely stunning. And then Himesh Rashammiya recorded a song with her.
There were also reports of Salman Khan gifting her an apartment worth?Rs 55 lakh. Digesting so much attention and fame might have been a little too much for Ranu Mandal. Now, she has made quite a shocking revelation about her past life and her link to the late Bollywood actor Feroz Khan.
¡°I wasn¡¯t born on a footpath. I belonged to a well-to-do family but it was my destiny. I got separated from my parents when I was just six months old. We shifted from West Bengal to Mumbai after marriage," she revealed in an interview with IANS.?
Her husband worked as a cook at Feroz Khan¡¯s house.
"My husband worked at filmstar Feroz Khan¡¯s house as a cook. His son Fardeen was in college at that time. They used to treat us very well, like family members,¡± she said. She also had her own house and talking about it she said, ¡°We had a house but you know you need people to maintain it. There were so many days of loneliness. I struggled a lot but always believed in God. I used to sing according to situations. It wasn¡¯t to get singing opportunities, just for the love of singing.¡±
Expressing the discomfort involved in travelling to recording studios to Mumbai from her house, she said she hoped to own a house in Mumbai, "I am very happy and feeling great. I have already recorded five to six songs. The thing is, music facilities in Mumbai mean a lot to me. They are important. To commute to and from my home to Mumbai on plane is also difficult. It would have been good had there been a house in Mumbai. But I don¡¯t have to think about it. God is there.¡±
So technically, this is not a rags to riches story. This is the story of an ordinary person who earlier had enough to make ends meet, but due to circumstances was reduced worse conditions and as luck would have it, has shot to fame.?