As Anushka Sharma turns 34 today, we have shared the powerful roles aced by the actress in her Bollywood career. From starting her journey as a simple girl Tani in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi to the rough and tough Aarfa in Sultan. On her special day, let us rewind back to the best works of the actress over the decade.
5 Powerful Female Characters Portrayed By Anushka Sharma
Here is a list of the top 5 characters aced by Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.
1. Tani – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi marks Anushka’s debut in the film industry. Sharing the big screen with the king of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan, is not an easy job. Despite SRK in the lead role, Anushka had the spotlight on her throughout the film. With simplicity, sweetness and ease, the way she stepped into Tani partner’s shoes is remarkable for a debutant actor.
2. Shruti – Band Baaja Baaraat
While Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi featured sweet and simple Tani, Band Baaja Baaraat showed the fans a different version of Anushka Sharma. She played Shruti Kakkar, a young enthusiastic entrepreneur breaking into the wedding business with a headstrong partner.
Featuring Ranveer Singh opposite Anushka, the film marks his debut in Bollywood. The sizzling chemistry between the duo took the audience’s hearts away. The film showed an entertaining mix of relationship turmoil and challenges of running a business to engage the viewers.
3. Jaggu – PK
Rajkumar Hirani’s directorial PK featured Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles. Sharing a screen with Mr Perfectionist, Amir Khan is quite hard to grab the attention of the audience. However, Anushka Sharma as Jagat Janani aka Jaggu did magic with her screen presence and a distinct avatar in PK. She portrayed the role of a fearless and firm journalist who became a voice and stood against the support system for Amir Khan’s character PK.
4. Meera – NH-10
Anushka Sharma started her career as a producer with Navdeep Singh’s directorial revenge drama NH-10. This one’s considered to be the best performance of the actor’s career, as Anushka portrayed a strong and powerful woman, who went through heights to take revenge for her husband. She aced the role of badass revenge taking wife with intense action sequences that kept the audience holding their seats until the end.
5. Aarfa – Sultan
Based on the lives of the two wrestlers, Ali Abbas Zafar’s sports drama Sultan featured Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles. Anushka Sharma played the role of a rough and tough female wrestler Aarfa, also a wife and a mother who loses her child during the delivery. The film is a blend of passion, power, love and pain. Anushka Sharma was professionally trained for wrestling here, and she aced the character like a pro!
Anushka Sharma’s rise to fame has been quick yet consistent. She has worked in 21 films until now, and the actress has also started her own production house ‘Clean Slate Films.’
She was last seen in Anand L Rai’s Zero co-starring Shahrukh Khan and Katrina Kaif in 2018. Her upcoming project includes Chakda Xpress, a biopic on the Indian woman cricketer Jhulan Goswami which is slated to release in 2023.
Wishing the gorgeous actress a happy birthday and a great life ahead. Happy Birthday, Anushka!