Kangana Ranaut & other female actors who played prominent parts in Gangster dramas

Several Gangster drama films have been made in Bollywood, but only a few manage to leave an impact on the critics and audiences both. Gangster dramas give the viewers an insight into the lives of thugs, who are engaged in a highly dangerous and illegal profession. However, in some Gangster dramas, female actors also played important roles, which made the story even more interesting. Here we have compiled a list of Gangster dramas in which female actors played significant roles, and made their presence felt. Take a look. 

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Female actors who played significant roles in gangster dramas 

Kangana Ranaut (Gangster: A Love Story)

Kangana Ranaut's debut film which got her a lot of recognition in the Hindi Film Industry is 2006's Gangster. Helmed by celebrated filmmaker Anurag Basu, Gangster: A Love Story is a romantic drama film. Featuring Kangana, Shiney Ahuja and Emran Hashmi in lead roles, the Kangana Ranaut starrer was a commercial success at the box-office. Shiney Ahuja played the role of a very famous and 'wanted' Gangster in the Bhatt film. Kangana on the other hand played the role of his love interest in the movie as Simran. 

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Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)

Another highly popular Gangster saga is Ekta Kapoor and Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, and Prachi Desai in this riveting gangster drama. Emraan and Ajay played Gangsters in the Crime-Drama movies. Prachi Desai essayed the role of Emraan Hashmi's romantic partner in the movie, her innocent portrayal in the film as a girl next door, won her a lot of appreciation.

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Katrina Kaif (Welcome)

Anees Bazmee gave a gangster film a comic twist with his blockbuster Bollywood film Welcome. Released in 2007, Welcome is a story of two high-profile thugs who pretend to be noblemen, in order to get their only sister married into a decent household. Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar played gangsters in the romantic-comedy film. Katrina Kaif played their sister Sanjana, who falls in love with Akshay Kumar, and make plans to convince his brother to leave the underworld. 

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Aishwarya Rai (Sarkar Raj)

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shared screen space with her real-life husband and father in law in Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar Raj. The movie is the second edition of Sarkar, a story of a powerful gangster. All Sarkar films deal with the twists and turn in Sarkar's life. Aishwarya Rai played the female lead, as a CEO in this crime drama. Her character stands tall in front of Sarkar, a gangster, played by Amitabh Bachchan.