Monday, June 15, 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

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s Purple Lips Gets Trolled On Twitter

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s Purple Lips Gets Trolled On Twitter
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's lavender-blue lipstick during "Sarbjit" premiere at Cannes film festival did not go well with Twitterati.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s Purple Lips Gets Trolled On Twitter

One Day I'll Walk Red Carpet In White Shirt And Jeans, Quips Aishwarya

One Day I'll Walk Red Carpet In White Shirt And Jeans, Quips Aishwarya
The internationally popular Bollywood actress says she doesn't shy away from dressing up, but teases that she may even opt for something as casual as a shirt and a pair of jeans for the red carpet.

One Day I'll Walk Red Carpet In White Shirt And Jeans, Quips Aishwarya

I Can't Get A Date: Ariana Grande

Singer Ariana Grande is finding it hard to date anyone.

I Can't Get A Date: Ariana Grande

Mallika Sherawat 'Loved Meeting' Penelope Wilson

Mallika Sherawat 'Loved Meeting' Penelope Wilson
Wilson is popularly known as Isobel Crawley from the British-American historical period drama television series "Downton Abbey".

Mallika Sherawat 'Loved Meeting' Penelope Wilson

Luckiest To Find Soulmate In Anmol: Amrita Rao

Luckiest To Find Soulmate In Anmol: Amrita Rao
Amrita exchanged wedding vows with Anmol on Sunday at a ceremony attended by close family members.

Luckiest To Find Soulmate In Anmol: Amrita Rao

My work balanced mix of lead, supporting roles: Swara Bhaskar

My work balanced mix of lead, supporting roles: Swara Bhaskar
Actress Swara Bhaskar, who is currently riding high on the success of her first solo hit film "Nil Battey Sannata", says her filmography features a balanced mix of lead and supporting roles.

My work balanced mix of lead, supporting roles: Swara Bhaskar