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Bollywood has been making several female centric films over the past few years. Considered as a quantum leap by a lot of people, the Hindi film industry has announced a string of other women centric films that happen to be based on or inspired by the lives of badass women.

Here’s looking at the Bollywood actresses who will be playing female trailblazers on screen.

Richa Chadha – Shakeela Khan

Richa Chadha – Shakeela Khan

Richa Chadha is currently shooting for the second season of Inside Edge. Having done several critically acclaimed roles, Richa is all set to portray the South film star, Shakeela Khan, in the latter’s biopic. Shakeela, who was an adult film star has acted in multiple Malayalam films and was deemed to be competition by several South male actors of the time. Richa will begin shooting for the film in August and is definitely set to knock this one out of the park.

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Taapsee Pannu -Womaniya

Anurag Kashyap’s Womaniya which is inspired by the lives of India’s oldest female sharpshooters will see Taapsee Pannu portraying one of the role of Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar, respectively, who hail from Johri district, Uttar Pradesh, and entered the world of shooting post the age of 50. These Revolver Dadis, as they are called, have won several national championships and have inspired several women to take up the sport.