Bollywood has been witnessing a rise in the number of women producers in the industry lately and our fav divas are shattering the conventional norms by becoming producers.
7 Bollywood Actresses Who Have Turned Producers:
1) Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt is currently one of the finest actresses in Bollywood. Whether it’s her personal life or professional life, she is at the top of her game. Alia founded her own production house – Eternal Sunshine Productions back in 2021.
She made her debut as a producer in Darlings, which she co-produced along with Shah Rukh Khan‘s Red Chillies Entertaiment. Recently, Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah & Vijay Varma starrer Darlings bagged the Jury Award for the Best Film at the News18 Showsha Reel Awards.
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2) Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone is self-made woman and there is no denying that. In 2018, the Fighter actress launched her own production company, KA Productions. Her first project as a producer was Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak, which was based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. She also acted and produced in 83.
During the trailer launch of Chhapaak, Deepika revealed the meaning behind the name of her production house. She was quoted saying –
“Ka means soul. It is the part of your body, part of your being that gets leave behind when you die. I hope I will be able to leave behind a body of work that all of you will enjoy when I am not around here anymore. I will make mistakes in the process and I don’t want to sound like an experienced producer because I am not but I am here to learn and add value wherever I can.”
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3) Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas doesn’t need any introduction. Our Desi Girl started her own production house, Purple Pebble Pictures, in 2015 and produced a bunch of regional movies – such as Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Bhojpuri to name a few – under her banner.
Ventilator (2016) – a Marathi comedy drama mage under her banner – had bagged 3 National Awards. PeeCee also produced and acted in films like The Sky Is Pink and The White Tiger.
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4) Kareena Kapoor Khan
Kareena Kapoor Khan remains one of the most successful actresses in Bollywood. Bebo is set debut as a producer in her upcoming movie with Hansal Mehta. Inspired by true events, the yet-to-be titled thriller flick is set in UK and is co-produced by Ekta Kapoor.
Reportedly, the said movie also stars celeb chef Ranveer Brar in an important role. As the report further suggests, the movie has been tentatively titled The Buckingham Murders.
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5) Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma is one of the most-loved actresses in the film industry. Back in 2013, he had co-founded her own production house, Clean Slate Films, along with her brother Karnesh Ssharma. Over the years, the sibling duo have produced several clutter-breaking movies – NH-10, Phillauri, Pari, Bulbbul and web series – Paatal Lok.
However, in 2022, Anushka announced that she had decided to step away from her banner. The actress is making a comeback with the upcoming Netflix movie – Chakda Xpress – biopic of Jhulan Goswami, which is produced by CSF.
Late Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan also made his acting debut under CSF, titled Qala.
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6) Taapsee Pannu
In 2021, Taapsee Pannu launched her own production house – Outsiders Films. She also acted in the first project under her banner, Blurr, the Hindi remake of the Spanish thriller titled Julia’s Eyes.
Taapsee is also producing the female road trip movie, Dhak Dhak, which stars Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ratna Pathak Shah, Dia Mirza and Sanjana Sanghi.
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7) Chitrangada Singh
The extremely gorgeous actress Chitrangada Singh turned producer with her production house C.S. Films in 2015. The Gaslight actress bankrolled Diljit Dosanjh, Taapsee Pannu and Angad Bedi starrer Soorma – a biopic on the former Indian hockey caption, Sandeep Singh.