HITS AND THE MRS
ANUSHKA SHARMA 29 Actor
Because she’s one of the few superstars who mix big budget, starled projects with smaller, contentdriven ones. As founder of Clean Slate Films, she has produced and starred in movies such as NH10, Phillauri and Pari and brought fresh writers and directors to Bollywood
Because she’s the only leading lady to have two Rs 300 croreplus hits, PK and Sultan, to her name
Because she is the advertiser’s favourite and currently endorses 14 brands and has one of her own, clothing line Nush. Her popularity has only increased post her marriage to India’s top sportsman, Virat Kohli. The power couple’s brand worth is estimated to grow from Rs 600 crore to Rs 1,000 crore
UP NEXT A cameo in Rajkumar Hirani’s biopic on Sanjay Dutt; in Yash Raj Films’ Sui Dhaaga: Made in India, she plays a small-town weaver alongside Varun Dhawan, and in the year-ender Zero, she teams up with SRK