Ten Bollywood female icons

Smita Patil or Shabana Azmi? The answer is for you to choose dear readers. Who is better? Patil who passed away at a very young age, or Azmi? Both of them were powerhouse performers in arthouse films, but Patil could also deliver surprising hits like Namak Halal with Amitabh Bachchan which was a hardcore commercial film. Azmi’s list of major films is much longer, but then she continues to be active although her big screen appearances have become increasingly rare.