Here is the list of 10 most dashing, versatile and Iconic Bollywood Actress. These Beautiful Queens are proud of Hindi Cinema. The Actress rocks on screen as well on the heart of fans. They leave an iconic magic on the history of cinema.
Madhuri Dixit: The Most Iconic Bollywood Actress
Madhuri Dixit: The Most Iconic Bollywood Actress
Madhuri Dixit Nene was born as ‘Madhuri Shankar Dixit’ on 15th May 1967, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. After completing her graduation, Madhuri attended Parle College and completed her Bachelors Degree in Microbiology. While studying, she also trained as a Kathak dancer. Though she wanted to be a micro-biologist, life took a different turn and she ended up as one of the most successful actresses in Bollywood.
Madhuri Dixit – ‘Madhubala and ‘ Maryln Monroe of Bollywood’, is one of the most famous, successful and Iconic Bollywood actress till date. She is one of those actors who have struggled in their life to reach the no 1 slot in the Indian film industry. She dominated Bollywood as a leading actress and an accomplished dancer. She acts more then 100 films including such box-office hits as Dil (1990), Saajan (1991), Beta (1992), Khalnayak (1993), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) Raja (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Mrityudand (1997), Pukar (2000), Lajja (2001) and Devdas (2002) and finaly Aaja Nachle in 2007.
In recognition of her great talent, Dixit has won several Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. She holds the record for the highest number of Best Actress nominations at Filmfare. In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India.She also topped Rediff’s list of the ‘Best Bollywood Actresses Ever’, on Women’s International Day, in 2007. On 17 October 1999, Dixit married Shriram Madhav Nene.
Sridevi:
The Most Iconic Bollywood Actress Sridevi
Sridevi was born to Ayyapan and Rajeswari on 13 August 1963 in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. She was the only actor, perhaps, who was able to say no to films with Amitabh Bachchan and yet come up trumps. She started her career as a child actor in the 1967. She was in movies such as Guru, Sankarlal, Sigappu Rojakkal, Thaayillamal Naan Illai, Meendum Kokila, Vazhvey Maayam, Varumayin Niram Sivappu, Neela Malargal, Moondram Pira, 16 Vayathinile, Gayathri, Dharma Yuddham, Priya, Johnny, Ranuva Veeran, Pokkiri Raja, Thanikattu Raja, Adutha Varisu, Naan Adimai Illai, Pilot Premnath, Kavariman, Viswaroopam, and Santhippu.
She is regarded as one of the greatest and most popular actresses of Hindi Cinema.She is also often cited as ” The First Female Superstar of the Indian Cinema”. After establishing herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema, she left the industry in 1997. During her career, she has won four Filmfare Awards—two for Hindi films, and one each for Tamil and Telugu films. Sridevi is often cited by film media as one of the best actresses of Indian Cinema.
Sharmila Tagore:
Most Iconic Bollywood Actress Sharmila Tagore
One of the Iconic Bollywood Actress Sharmila Tagore born a Hindu at 8 December 1946, and that remained her faith until she married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
She established herself as a popular Hindi film actress with Shakti Samanta’s Kashmir Ki Kali with Shammi Kapoor in 1964. Samanta again cast her in many more hit films, notably An Evening in Paris (1967), again with Shammi, the first appearance in a bikini of an Indian actress which not only shocked conservative Indian audiences but also set off a wave of bikini-clad actresses carried forward by Parveen Babi, Zeenat Aman and Dimple Kapadia but established Tagore’s role as somewhat of a sex symbol in Bollywood Wearing a bikini put her name in the Indian press as one of Bollywood’s ten hottest actresses of all time.
She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances. She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011. She is best remembered for her 9 films opposite Rajesh Khanna.
Rekha:
Rekha was born on 10 October 1954 in Chennai to Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and Telugu actress Pushpavalli. She cosidered as one of the finest actresses in Hindi cinema and most iconic Bollywood actress due to her versatility and acknowledged.
Rekha has acted in over 180 films in a career spanning over 40 years. Throughout her career, she has often played strong female characters and, apart from mainstream cinema, appeared in arthouse films, known in India as parallel cinema. She has won three Filmfare Awards, two for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress, for her roles in Khubsoorat (1980), Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), respectively. Her portrayal of a classical courtesan in Umrao Jaan (1981) won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
In 1990, Rekha married Delhi-based industrialist Mukesh Aggarwal, a year later he committed suicide. But in a 2004 television interview she denied being married to Mehra referring She is still unmarried as her parents, They were not married.
Mumtaz :
Mumtaz was born to Abdul Saleem Askari and Shadi Habib Agha in Mumbai, India, on 31 July 1947. She entered Hindi cinema at age 12. Bollywood actress, best remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne (1971), Khilona (1970). Her performance in Khilona got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself won the Filmfare Best Movie Award. She is cited as the topmost actress and top sex-symbol of Bollywood in the period 1969-76.
Mumtaz acted in 108 films in a career that spanned just 15 years till 1977. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for one of her favorite films Khilona in 1970. She married Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974; they have two daughters, Natasha and Tanya.
Madhubala :
Madhubala was born as Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi in New Delhi, India on 14 February 1933. She was the fifth child among eleven children of a conservative Muslim couple. She starred in several successful movies in the 1950s and early 1960s, many of which have attained a classic status. With her contemporaries Nargis and Meena Kumari, she is widely regarded as one of the most influential and talented Hindi movie actresses.
Madhubala had many successful films following Mahal. With pressure to secure herself and her family financially, she acted in as many as twenty-four films in the first four years of her adult career. Consequently, critics of the time commented that Madhubala’s beauty was greater than her acting ability. It was the film Mughal-e-Azam that marked what many consider to be her greatest and definitive characterization as the doomed courtesan Anarkali.
Madhubala became one of the most sought-after actresses in India, she also attracted interest from Hollywood. She appeared in many American magazines such as Theatre Arts. In their August 1952 issue, Madhubala was featured in an extensive article with a full page photo. The piece was entitled: The Biggest Star in the World. It presented the actress as a mysterious and ethereal woman of mythical beauty with a legion of fans.
Hema Malini:
Dream Girl Hema Malini Chakravarty was born into a Tamil Iyengar family in Ammankudi, Tiruchirappalli to V.S. Ramanujam Chakravarthy and Jaya Chakravarthy on 16 October 1948.
Hema Malini is among the most successful female film stars in the history of Indian cinema. Appearing in over 150 films in a career span of 40 years, she has starred in a large number of successful films, and her performances in both commercial and arthouse cinema, were often recognised.
She has been nominated 11 times for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In 2000, she was presented with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. In the same year, she was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India.
Hema Malini and her husband have been involved in politics, as members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Aishwarya Rai:
Aishwarya Rai was born into an ethnic Bunt family in Mangalore, Karnataka on 1 November 1973. Aishwarya started modeling at a young age. This green-blue-eyed beauty appeared in advertisements for many prestigious firms; the ones that brought her into the limelight were the garden sari and the Pepsi ad. Crowned Miss India 1994 runner-up, she was a hot favorite in the run for miss world title…
“ The reigning queen for over two decades. The most b’ful woman in the world, 1994 miss world. India’s ambassador to hollywood. Featured in time’s 100 most influential people in the world twice. ”
In 1999, Rai began dating Bollywood actor Salman Khan. Rai is married to actor Abhishek Bachchan, they met in 1997, she gave birth to a baby girl on 16 November 2011.
Kajol:
Kajol Mukherji was born on born 5 August 1974 in Mumbai to a film-oriented family of Bengali-Marathi descent. Kajol made her acting debut with Bekhudi (1992), while still in school. She subsequently quit her studies, and had her first commercial success with Baazigar (1993), opposite Shahrukh Khan. She subsequently featured with Khan in several blockbusters, including Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (2001). She acts such super-hit like Gupt (1997) and an avenger in Dushman (1998), Fanaa (2006), U Me Aur Hum (2008), We Are Family and My Name Is Khan (both 2010).
She has received six Filmfare Awards, among eleven nominations and along with her late aunt Nutan, holds the record for most Best Actress wins at Filmfare, with five. In 2011, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri for her contribution to Indian Cinema.
Rani Mukerji:
Rani Mukerji was born in Mumbai on 21 March 1978 to a film-oriented family of Bengali origin. She made her acting debut with a cameo appearance in the Bengali film Biyer Phool (1996), her Hindi film debut with Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat, and subsequently had her first, and still biggest commercial success with Karan Johar’s romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), which won her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She acts super-hit like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998),Saathiya, Hum Tum , Yuva , Black (2005), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and No One Killed Jessica.
Top 10 Most Iconic Bollywood Actress
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