7 Bollywood actresses who did non-glamorous roles.

These top Bollywood actresses chose non-glamorous role to prove they are the best actresses and impressed everyone – who is your favorite?

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Alia Bhatt’s transformation for Udta Punjab | photo : instagram

Bollywood actresses are known to play beautiful and glamorous characters, wearing chiffon sarees, romancing in the rain… but few actresses have been brave enough to take a risk and do non-glamrous and more challenging roles proving that women are no less talented than men.

From Preity Zinta in Veer-Zara to Alia Bhatt in Udta Punjab, here are the Bollywood actresses who did non-glamorous roles.
Preity Zinta performance in Veer-Zara is one of her best, and in the second half of the film, the actress goes for a big transformation to portray a non-glamorous and much older version of her character. 

Priyanka Chopra.

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Priyanka Chopra’s best performance in Barfi | photo : instagram
Priyanka Chopra has been known to do challenging roles and she proved her acting talent in Barfi and Mary Kom where she appeared in a non-glamorous role. Priyanka won many praises and awards for her performances.

15 beautiful photos of Priyanka Chopra before she went to Hollywood – click here.

Aishwarya Rai.

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Aishwarya Rai deglam look in Sarabjit | photo : instagram
Aishwarya Rai, known as one of the most beautiful women in the world, showed her deglam look in the film Sarabjit. The actress looked unrecognizable and impressed her fans for sure.

5 interesting facts about Aishwarya Rai – click here.

Katrina Kaif.

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Katrina Kaif’s best performance in Rajneeti | photo : instagram
Katrina Kaif appeared in a film title Rajneeti, in which she appeared in a non-glamorous avatar. The actress did impressed many critics and fans with her performance proving that she can play challenging characters as well.

Anushka Sharma.

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Anushka Sharma in Sui Dhaga | photo : pinterest
Anushka Sharma appeared in Sui Dhaga : Made In India, the film showed Anushka deglam avatar. The film did inspire many hilarious memes but Anushka also got praises for her performance along with Varun Dhawan.

Alia Bhatt.

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Alia Bhatt’s best performance in Udta Punjab | photo : instagram
Alia Bhatt did a glamorous debut in Student of The Year, but soon the actresses showed her real talent when she appeared in Highway and impressed everyone with a non-glamorous role. The actress was even brave enough to do it again in Udta Punjab.

Special mention to Zeenat Aman in Satyam Shivam Sundaram. The face of her character was deglam but the character went on to become one of the boldest character too which was recreated by many others.

Zeenat Aman in Satyam Shivam Sundaram
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