Last year, Anushka Sharma laid her imprint on the 39th position of the Fortune India’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women 2019 List.
This year, she was joined by the Priyanka Chopra Jonas making them the only two Bollywood stars on the list.
While Anushka has leapt to the 36th position from the 39th, Priyanka stands tall on the 37th post, right after Sharma.
The list features ‘powerful women in business who are making an impact by virtue of their business acumen and social and cultural influence’. According to Fortune India, Anushka has ‘carved a place for herself in the extremely competitive entertainment industry,’ while Priyanka has ‘shown herself to be an astute businesswoman’.
Anushka has been hitting it off in the industry as a producer and her well-deserved title was given to her after she delivered her Amazon Prime and Netflix hits – Paatal Lok and Bulbbul.
She started her own production company called Clean Slate Films in collaboration with her brother Karnesh Sharma at the age of 25. Fortune India wrote, “Sharma is not only the face of her clothing line Nush and several other brands such as Nivea, Elle 18, Myntra and Lavie, but also a producer. Under the banner, she produced films like Bulbbul, NH10, Phillauri and Pari. They made around Rs 40 crore each at the box office.“
As for Priyanka, the actress is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, the founder of Purple Pebble Pictures and investor in Bumble which is a woman-friendly dating app.
Chopra-Jonas has also invested in US-based Holberton School, a project-based alternative to college for coders and software engineers and has several Hollywood projects lined up which she is either producing or has a starring role in. The ‘Barfi’ actress will be next seen in The White Tiger, Citadel, Matrix 4.