1. Vidya Balan: She started the year with a stellar performance as a deglamorised, strong-willed simpleton in the real-life inspired “No One Killed Jessica”, and featured in cameos in “Thank You”, “Dum Maaro Dum” and Malayalam film “Urumi”.

But for the 33-year-old ‘bombaat’ actress, 2011 ended with a bang with her sizzling portrayal of a dancing star, Silk, in “The Dirty Picture”. Vidya explored new realms to her acting potential, and emerged as a winner, overshadowing other commercially hit Bollywood divas.


2. Kareena Kapoor: Two films and both hits! Even after over a decade, Kareena stood out among her contemporaries with the record-breaker “Bodyguard” opposite Salman Khan, and Shah Rukh Khan’s mega-production “RA.One”. She also proved her dancing mettle once again with “Chammak challo”, which went on to be a huge chartbuster.




3. Priyanka Chopra: After an average 2010, Priyanka Chopra sprang back into action by carrying out seven different looks in Vishal Bharadwaj’s critically-acclaimed “7 Khoon Maaf”. In the character of a serial spouse-killer, Sussanna, the actress has displayed why she is a National Award winner at such a young age. She will round up the year as Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘junglee billi’ in the much-awaited “Don 2: The King Is Back”.



4. Katrina Kaif: As a free-spirited, independent girl in the multi-starrer “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”, as a sexy item girl in “Bodyguard” or as the effervescent Dimple Dixit in “Mere Brother Ki Dulhan”, this Britain-born girl has been proving her range with every passing year.


5. Kalki Koechlin: With four diverse films — “Shaitan”, “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”, “That Girl in Yellow Boots” and “My Friend Pinto” – Kalki has been on a roll this year! Her easy and fluid portrayal of a mentally disturbed girl, a nagging girlfriend, a girl in search of her father, and a lost girl abandoned by her boyfriend, have reassured cine-buffs of her capacity as a new age, commercially-viable actress, who dares to choose different roles.




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