Tuesday, June 9, 2026
ADVT 
Bollywood

Sunny Leone Among BBC's 100 Most Influential Women

Darpan News Desk IANS, 22 Nov, 2016 11:42 AM
  • Sunny Leone Among BBC's 100 Most Influential Women
Actress Sunny Leone has made it to the BBC's 100 most influential women.
 
This year's BBC 100 women list marks the fourth year of the season. They are once again a mixture of high-profile and influential women including entrepreneurs, engineers, sportswomen, business women, fashion icons and artistes.
 
Sunny, who is celebrating her fifth year anniversary in Bollywood, started in Indian showbiz by participating in the controversial reality TV show "Bigg Boss" in 2011.
 
She went on to star in Bollywood films like "Jism 2", "Jackpot" and "Ek Paheli Leela".
 
Apart from the actress, the list also includes four Indian names - Gouri Chindarkar (Sangli), Mallika Srinivasan (Chennai), Neha Singh (Mumbai) and Saalumarada Thimmakka (Karnataka), read a statement.
 
Chindarkar is a 20-year-old computer engineering student from Sangli, Maharashtra. She is one of the first children in India to experience a unique learning experience now known as 'School in the Cloud'.
 
Srinivasan, 57, is the CEO of Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd. She is known as the 'Tractor Queen' of India and has grown her family company into the third largest tractor manufacturer in the world.
 
 
Singh is a 34-year-old actor-writer who founded a movement to encourage women to walk the streets in Mumbai to defy harassment.
 
Thimmakka is a 105-year-old environmentalist from Karnataka who has planted more than 8,000 trees in 80 years, a project which first started in response to social ridicule at not being able to have children. She is the oldest woman on the BBC 100 women list.
 
Some of this year's high profile women include singer-songwriter Alicia Keys; US gold medal winning gymnast Simone Biles and French politician Rachida Dati.
 
The BBC's 100 Women season kicked off on Monday.

MORE Bollywood ARTICLES

Can't Say I Have Been Slotted: Aftab Shivadasani

Can't Say I Have Been Slotted: Aftab Shivadasani
He has featured in multiple adult comedies like "Masti" and "Kya Kool Hain Hum", but actor Aftab Shivadasani doesn't think it has slotted him into a genre.

Can't Say I Have Been Slotted: Aftab Shivadasani

Twitterati Raise Funds For Nana Patekar's Foundation

The foundation has been using the funds thus raised for the drought victims in Maharashtra.

Twitterati Raise Funds For Nana Patekar's Foundation

I Don't Mind Playing Grandfather: Anil Kapoor

I Don't Mind Playing Grandfather: Anil Kapoor
Actor-producer Anil Kapoor, often tagged as a "forever young" star in the industry, says be it a father or grandfather, he is ready to step into their shoes on screen as it's only the role that matters to him.

I Don't Mind Playing Grandfather: Anil Kapoor

SRK's Gaurav Act In 'fan' His Best Till Date: Shabana Azmi

Actress Shabana Azmi says superstar Shah Rukh Khan's role as possessive fan Gaurav Channa in “Fan” has been his best so far.

SRK's Gaurav Act In 'fan' His Best Till Date: Shabana Azmi

Sunidhi Chauhan Wished Me Luck For New Show: Neeti Mohan

Singer Neeti Mohan, who will be seen as a mentor on the forthcoming singing reality show “The Voice India Kids”, says Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan wished her luck for her new journey on TV.

Sunidhi Chauhan Wished Me Luck For New Show: Neeti Mohan

'Mohenjo Daro' is closing film at Locarno film fest

'Mohenjo Daro' is closing film at Locarno film fest
Hrithik Roshan-starrer "Mohenjo Daro" has been selected as the closing film of the 69th edition of Locarno International Film Festival.

'Mohenjo Daro' is closing film at Locarno film fest