Bollywood is a place with cut throat competition and it takes much more than just talent and hard work to succeed here. It’s hearteningto see the very good artists habitually overlooked. The industry is full of talented female actors who didn’t get the acclaim they deserve. Today, we’ve put together a list of five fabulous and underrated actresses in Bollywood who deserves their dues.
Divya Dutta
Divya Dutta made her mark by giving brilliant performances in various movies but she never got the recognition she actually deserves.
Divya Dutta is a phenomenal actress; she has always been casted for supporting roles and seldom played of the central character where the story revolves around her. She has proven her worth well enough with her performances in movies like Veer Zara, Delhi 6, BhaagMilkhaBhhag etc. She started her career by dubbing for Lisa Ray in the movie Kasoor and got recognition for her acting in Veer Zara for which she received a nomination as a supporting actor (female) in Filmfare Awards.
Aditi Rao Hydari
She started her career with RakeyshOmprakashMehra’s Delhi 6 and went on play supporting actress in many Bollywood movies.
Aditi Rao Hydari got her first break in the movie Delhi 6 where she played an unmarried and shy girl in Delhi 6 but it was Rockstar where she played the role of a journalist that got her recognition. She received lots of applause for her portrayal as Mehrunissa, the beautiful yet ignored wife of AllaudinKhilji in Padmaavat. Recently with her segment GilliPucchi in the anthology show AjeebDaastaans on Netflix where she acted alongside Konkana Sen Sharma proved that she is much more than just a pretty face and deserves more movies and recognition.
Rasika Duggal
Rasika Duggal became a known face after working in the famous and successful web-series Mirzapur where she played the role of an ignored and abused housewife opposite Pankaj Tripathi.
Rasika Duggal first appeared on big screen with a movie called Anwar in 2007 which went unnoticed but she kept on doing good work and it was the movie Qissa where she acted alongside a great actor like Irfan Khan that got her spotlight. She went on to do movies like Tu Hai Mera Sunday, Lust Stories, Hamid, Manto, Lootcase but it was Mirzapur, a web-series that got her in the spotlight.
Sayani Gupta
Sayani Gupta got lots of acclaim with her acting in Margarita with a Straw alongside KalkiKoechin and is well known actress in the OTT space today.
Saynani Gupta got her first break with the unconventional movie Margarita with a Straw where she played a lesbian character who is in a relationship with the character of KalkiKoechin. She went on to play a diverse range of characters in movies like Parched, Jolly LLB 2,Article 15, Fan etc and the web series Four More Shots.
