Heroines in Indian Cinema are breaking stereotypes by doing more character oriented roles than just playing eye candy in movies. More and more actresses are speaking against the mandatory ‘item songs’ of films. Women centric movies are the trend of the year as the audience too want to move away from cliched roles given to heroines. We pick 7 actresses who nailed action sequences like a boss giving the heroes the run for their money!
DHANSIKA
Dhansika’s role in Kabali was such a relief from the usual female roles in a Rajinikanth movies. She plays Rajini’s daughter and fights to protect Rajini from villains! How cool is that? But then, she sported short hair to give a tomboy feel to her character.
RITIKA SINGH
Ritika Singh won the National Award for her performance in Iruthi Suttru. She played the role of a rugged slum girl who has a great talent in boxing which is identified by Madhavan, her coach. The movie was a breath of fresh air as Ritika, a newcomer, was the protagonist even though the film had a star like Madhavan in it.
SONAKSHI SINHA
Sonakshi Sinha’s Akira boasts that it is a one of a kind female action film. Directed by A.R. Murugadoss, the film promised some great action sequences. The movie is a remake of Arulnidhi’s Tamil film Mouna Guru. Murugadoss broke the stereotype and cast a female lead for the Hindi remake.
PRIYANKA CHOPRA
Priyanka Chopra was the only heroine who could have pulled off a strong role in Mary Kom. She underwent immense training sessions to get her role right. Priyanka Chopra played the Olympic medalist, Mary Kom in this biopic which follows the boxer’s journey.
DEEPIKA PADUKONE
We have seen Deepika do action sequences before in films like Chandini Chowk to China. But she will play a whole different avatar in her upcoming Hollywood debut with Vin Diesel, XXX, Return of Xander Cage. She has intense action sequences with Ruby Rose as her partner in crime.
SHRADDHA KAPOOR
We were amazed at the energy level of Shraddha Kapoor in ABCD 2 with Varun Dhawan. Then, she totally killed it in Baaghi with her stunning action sequences. Shradhha surprised Bollywood with these movies and proved she is beyond just a charming girl in Aashiqui 2.
KATRINA KAIF
Katrina has been quite seen on the action front with movies like Ek Tha Tiger and Bang Bang. Katrina even wielded guns for Kabir Khan’s Phantom with Saif Ali Khan. She was a total bad-ass in the film and was involved in a lot of action just as Saif.
Anuskha Shetty
Anushka Shetty has done all sorts of roles. However, what she opts majorly for are roles that consist of action sequences in the form of a warrior princess. The actress in her Bahubali 2 proved that a woman could look super graceful fighting the bad guys and look the protagonist that she is. Apart from Rudrammadevi and Arundhati, Anushka seriously knows how to choose her scenes and look amazing.