9 Actresses Turned Successful Entrepreneurs
After a career in Bollywood, these actresses became successful entrepreneurs. Here is a list of successful women entrepreneurs.
Sushmita Sen
The first Indian woman to bag the title of ‘Miss Universe’ became a sprawling successful actress with hit movies like ‘Main Hoon Na’ and ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’. After a successful career in bollywood, she became a businesswoman and launched a production company by the name of Tantra Entertainment in 2005. Apart from that owns her jewellery shop called Renee Jewellers, in dubai. She also owns a chain of hotels and spas under her company called Sensazion.
Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri Dixit’s fame spread nationwide with hit movies such as ‘Hum aapke Hain Koun’, ‘Saajan’ and many more. She is also a graceful dancer who performed various hit bollywood dance numbers like ‘Ek, Do,Teen’, ‘Dhak Dhak’, ‘Chane Ke Khet Mein’ and many more, making the entire nation sway to it’s beats. Dixit launched an online dance academy with a program called ‘Dance with Madhuri’. She is also the co-founder of a production company RnM Moving Pictures Pvt Ltd.
Twinkle Khanna
With a short-lived Bollywood career, Twinkle Khanna turned her luck and now is an interior designer at ‘White Window’, her interior designing firm in Mumbai. Apart from that she is an author too. Her debut novel Mrs. Funnybones came out in August, 2015 and made Twinkle India’s highest selling female writer of 2015. She wrote her second book The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad which received a significant amount of praise too. ‘Padman’ , a social awareness film, starring Akshay Kumar and Radhika Apte, regarding menstrual health and hygiene was her first film as an independent film producer.
Shilpa Shetty
The gorgeous Shilpa Shetty is known for stealing the audience’s hearts with her dance number ‘aayi hoon up bihar lootne’ to becoming the dhadkan (heart throb) of Bollywood with her movies ‘Dhadkan’ and ‘Baazigar’. Once she was the co-owner of an IPL team Rajasthan Royals with her husband. Now she co-owns an indian chain of spas and salons called Losis. Shetty is popular for her fitness which led to the success of her fitness yoga DVD in 2015. She is an actor, model, dancer, fitness guru, businesswoman, producer and a television celebrity, occasionally judging reality tv shows too.
Sunny Leone
The sensational Sunny Leone, needs no introduction. After making a name for herself in the Bollywood movies, the ‘Baby Doll’ of Bollywood invested in a number of ventures such as franchise for box cricket league, line of cosmetics and fragrances. Her recently launched perfume range in Dubai is called ‘Lust’. She has invested in her clothing line and also a line of cosmetics called ‘Star Struck‘ .
Deepika Padukone
Deepika ‘Mastani’ Padukone is one of the prominent and dedicated actresses with several box office successes and awards to her name. She co-created a line of clothing called ‘All About You’ exclusively available on Myntra. She also invested in a few startups such as Purplle, Aerospace and Bellatrix. Her production company called Ka Productions produced a movie called ‘Chapak’ starring Deepika herself.
Karishma Kapoor
Whether Romance or comedy, Karishma Kapoor has set a significant landmark with her career in Bollywood cinema. After her successful career in Bollywood, the actor turned businesswoman and invested in an e-commerce portal called Babyoye. This portal sells mother and baby care products.
Juhi Chawla
She is one of the actresses known for her comic timing and acting skills Juhi Chawla has gathered immense praise from all around. She has also stolen the spotlight with movies such as ‘Ishq’ & ‘Aamdani Atthanni…’ on various occasions. Now she co-owns the IPL team of Kolkata Knight Riders with Shah Rukh Khan. She was also the founder of a production company called ‘Dreamz unlimited’ which produced quite a few hits during the 90s.
Preity Zinta
The beautiful and bubbly Preity Zinta had made her name among the top Bollywood actresses with movies such as ‘Veer Zara’, ‘Koi Mil Gaya’, ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ and many more. Zinta turned producer with ‘Ishq in Paris’ which did not work in the box office. She also co-owns the IPL team of Kings XI Punjab and was the league’s youngest owner.
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