The Hindi film industry is known for its glitz and glamour. Over the years a number of actresses have charmed Bollywood audiences with their acting skills. This space is a salute to the best Bollywood actresses.

Since early days the Hindi film industry has had stunningly beautiful actresses that have mesmerized audiences with their acting craft, and the trend continues to this day. While actresses in the past were few, in present times it’s a never-ending stream of new faces in Bollywood. A lot has changed over the years in Bollywood. A new breed of progressive directors has taken movie making to a new level. In the 50s there were few girls that ventured into the world of acting. With the 60s came a new wave of actresses.

Many girls in the film industry established their authority as leading ladies in the 60s. Through the 70s the Hindi film industry witnessed an influx of young girls trying to establish themselves in Bollywood.

Many actresses in the 50s, 60s and 70s were also classically trained dancers. Song and dance has been a huge part of Bollywood since early days. Movies in the black and white era had Indian classical dance sequences which were performed by leading actresses or dancers. Over the years new dance forms have become exceedingly popular in Bollywood movies. Romance movies are hugely popular in India, isn’t surprising why majority of the new releases are love stories. Bollywood chemistry is loved by movie goers. That’s the reason why casting directors cast actors with sizzling onscreen chemistry together in movies.

While in the past most of the movies released were male oriented, in recent decades many female-oriented movies have been made. Actresses in the past were typecast in film roles; however, in modern day films actresses are offered diverse roles in different film genres. Bollywood has had versatile actresses in the past. Many models are taking a plunge into the film world, and many new models have established themselves as leading actresses in the film industry. A number of actresses have played character roles that have earned praise from critics and cinema lovers. The list below showcases Bollywood actresses from various decades.

100 Greatest Bollywood Actresses

1. Madhubala
2. Nargis
3. Smita Patil
4. Madhuri Dixit
5. Suraiya
6. Nutan
7. Mala Sinha
8. Rekha
9. Asha Parekh
10. Geeta Bali
11. Saira Banu
12. Vyjayanthimala
13. Neetu Singh
14. Sridevi
15. Nanda
16. Deepika Padukone
17. Mumtaz
18. Nimmi
19. Dimple Kapadia
20. Sadhna
21. Hema Malini
22. Reena Roy
23. Jaya Bhaduri
24. Meena Kumari
25. Bina Rai
26. Nandita Das
27. Juhi Chawla
28. Zeenat Aman
29. Sharmila Tagore
30. Rani Mukerji
31. Vidya Balan
32. Urmila Matondkar
33. Shobana
34. Karisma Kapoor
35. Revathy
36. Padmini Kolhapure
37. Babita
38. Konkona Sen
39. Raveena Tandon
40. Huma Qureshi
41. Parineeti Chopra
42. Suchitra Sen
43. Meenakshi Seshadri
44. Nandita Das
45. Priyanka Chopra
46. Whaeeda Rehman
47. Kareena Kapoor
48. Anushka Sharma
49. Tabu
50. Alia Bhatt
51. Rakhee
52. Manisha Koirala
53. Sonam Kapoor
54. Ayesha Julka
55. Jacqueline Fernandez
56. Madhoo
57. Divya Bharti
58. Shraddha Kapoor
59. Twinkle Khanna
60. Jaya Prada
61. Nimrat Kaur
62. Ileana D’Cruz
63. Sonakshi Sinha
64. Parveen Babi
65. Tina Munim
66. Raima Sen
67. Kangana Ranaut
68. Rati Agnihotri
69. Neelam Kothari
70. Tanuja
71. Asin Thottumkal
72. Preity Zinta
73. Katrina Kaif
74. Poonam Dhillon
75. Kajol
76. Seema Biswas
77. Aishwarya Rai
78. Rajshree
79. Kiara Advani
80. Mahi Gill
81. Richa Chadda
82. Nirupa Roy
83. Vidya Sinha
84. Shilpa Shetty
85. Divya Dutta
86. Neha Dhupia
87. Yami Gautam
88. Kirti Sanon
89. Farah
90. Aruna Irani
91. Vimi
92. Mama Kulkarni
93. Nalini Jaywant
94. Farida Jalal
95. Leena Chandavarkar
96. Amala
97. Yogeeta Bali
98. Shayma
99. Sonali Bendre
100. Radhika Apte

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