Pollywood has given a platform to new talents and artists to explore their skills and Rana Ranbir is considered to be one of the perfect examples. Rana Ranbir is a renowned poet, writer, actor and director from Punjab. He was born in Barnala, raised in Dhuri and then, later on, moved to Canada. The renowned poet, writer, actor and director Rana Ranbir says as a young man, he had started diary-writing, something that has always helped him shape himself as a professional writer.
Rana was an average student and he found his passion in poetry and drama. When he was a fifth-grader, he learned the nuances of theatre and acting while studying in Class XII. He completed his matriculation from the Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School and intermediary schooling from Desh Bhagat College, Bardwal, Dhuri, where he later also pursued his graduation as well. Following his graduation, he completed his post-graduation in theatre and television from Punjabi University, Patiala, and also received a gold medal for his outstanding performance.
He first began working as a repertoire artist and production assistant at the university department. After a few years at the job, he resigned in 2001 and worked for almost four-and-a-half years with Bhagwant Mann, the present Chief Minister of Punjab. They released audio-video cassettes of the comedy show ‘Jugnu Kehnda Hai’ and their collaboration garnered a huge appreciation from the audience. Later, in 2005, their paths separated professionally as Bhagwant moved to Mumbai and he entered the film industry.
As an actor, he started his career with ‘Dil Apna Punjabi’ (2006) and also as a writer with ‘Munde UK De (2009). Rana has to often credit a long list of films that marks his identity in the Punjabi film industry. He is also grateful to film directors Manmohan Singh and Mukesh Gautam for giving him a break in the industry. His prominent writing projects include films such as ‘Ik Kudi Punjab Di’ (2010), ‘Kabaddi Ik Mohabbat’ (2010), ‘Fer Mamla Gadbad-Gadbad’ (2013), ‘Aa Gaye Munde UK De’ (2014) among others. He is well known for his writing in ‘Ardaas’ (2016), ‘Manje Bistre’ (2017), ‘Asees’ (2018), ‘Ardaas Karaan’ (2019) and ‘Shava Ni Girdhari Lal’ (2021) through which he gained popularity in Pollywood.
Rana Ranbir's upcoming projects that will showcase his writing and directorial skills include the Gippy Grewal-starrer movies ‘Maa’ and ‘Posti’ (2022), and ‘Snowman’ (2022) which have created a lot of hype among his fans.Ranbir is also known for his poetries and his first poetry book was titled ‘Sach, Soch Te Supne’ which came out when he was in college. This was followed by another poetry book called ‘Kin Min Tip Tip’ and a short motivational book ‘Zindagi Zindabad,’ which has around 10 editions. After this, he wrote a novel titled ‘20 November’ for youths and now it has four editions. Soon, he will be releasing the fourth edition of ‘Diva,’ which is a poetry book, and also the second edition of his daily diary ‘Kalakarian.’