Anushka Sharma among Most Powerful Women of 2019

Anushka Sharma, the actor-turned-entrepreneur, makes it to the Most Powerful Women of 2019 list. The 31-year-old actor is the youngest woman on the list.

Mumbai: Actor Anushka Sharma has been named in the Fortune India's top 50 list of Most Powerful Women of 2019.

The actor, who ventured into Bollywood in 2008 with the film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, is the youngest woman on the list and ranks at 39.

Fortune India wrote about the actor: "Sharma is not only the face of her clothing line Nush and several other brands such as Nivea, Elle 18, Myntra and Lavie, but also a producer. Clean Slate Films, which Sharma set up when she was 25, has produced three small-budget Hindi films-NH10, Phillauri, and Pari.

"They made around Rs 40 crore each at the box office. Moving beyond Bollywood, Clean Slate Films has tied up with Netflix to produce a feature film titled Bulbu' and a web-series called Mai. It is also developing and producing a web-series for Amazon Prime Video.

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Fortune's annual ranking of India's most powerful women in business is chosen for making an impact by virtue of their business acumen and social and cultural influence.

On the Bollywood front, Anushka was last seen in Anand L Rai’s Zero alongside superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif.

Meanwhile, speculations are rife about Anushka being roped in to play the lead in Satte Pe Satta remake opposite Hrithik Roshan.

However, we are yet to hear an official announcement from the makers.

Officially, Anushka is yet to sign her next.

With inputs from IANS