Top 100 Bollywood Actresses
100 Greatest Bollywood Actresses
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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
- Madhubala
- Nargis
- Smita Patil
- Madhuri Dixit
- Suraiya
- Nutan
- Mala Sinha
- Rekha
- Asha Parekh
- Geeta Bali
- Saira Banu
- Vyjayanthimala
- Neetu Singh
- Sridevi
- Nanda
- Deepika Padukone
- Mumtaz
- Nimmi
- Dimple Kapadia
- Sadhna
- Hema Malini
- Reena Roy
- Jaya Bhaduri
- Meena Kumari
- Bina Rai
- Nandita Das
- Juhi Chawla
- Zeenat Aman
- Sharmila Tagore
- Rani Mukerji
- Vidya Balan
- Urmila Matondkar
- Shobana
- Karisma Kapoor
- Revathy
- Padmini Kolhapure
- Babita
- Konkona Sen
- Raveena Tandon
- Huma Qureshi
- Parineeti Chopra
- Suchitra Sen
- Meenakshi Seshadri
- Nandita Das
- Priyanka Chopra
- Whaeeda Rehman
- Kareena Kapoor
- Anushka Sharma
- Tabu
- Alia Bhatt
- Rakhee
- Manisha Koirala
- Sonam Kapoor
- Ayesha Julka
- Jacqueline Fernandez
- Madhoo
- Divya Bharti
- Shraddha Kapoor
- Twinkle Khanna
- Jaya Prada
- Nimrat Kaur
- Ileana D’Cruz
- Sonakshi Sinha
- Parveen Babi
- Tina Munim
- Raima Sen
- Kangana Ranaut
- Rati Agnihotri
- Neelam Kothari
- Tanuja
- Asin Thottumkal
- Preity Zinta
- Katrina Kaif
- Poonam Dhillon
- Kajol
- Seema Biswas
- Aishwarya Rai
- Rajshree
- Kiara Advani
- Mahi Gill
- Richa Chadda
- Nirupa Roy
- Vidya Sinha
- Shilpa Shetty
- Divya Dutta
- Neha Dhupia
- Yami Gautam
- Kirti Sanon
- Farah
- Aruna Irani
- Vimi
- Mama Kulkarni
- Nalini Jaywant
- Farida Jalal
- Leena Chandavarkar
- Amala
- Yogeeta Bali
- Shayma
- Sonali Bendre
- Radhika Apte
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