Apsara Award for Best Female Debut
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The Apsara Award for Best Female Debut is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony
for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in her debut film. While the official awards ceremony started in 2004, awards for the best female debut commenced two years later.
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
An Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award is an accolade given by the Bollywood film industry to recognize outstanding performances by its members. Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna, the Apsara Awards have been one of the major award events in Bollywood since 2004...
for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in her debut film. While the official awards ceremony started in 2004, awards for the best female debut commenced two years later.
2000s
- 2004
No award
- 2005
No award
- 2006
Vidya BalanVidya BalanVidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films....
– ParineetaParineeta (2005 film)Parineeta is a Bollywood musical film adaptation of the 1914 Bengali novella, Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Directed by debutant Pradeep Sarkar, the film was based upon a screenplay by the film's producer, Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film featured Vidya Balan, Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt...
as Lalita
- 2007
No award
- 2008
Deepika PadukoneDeepika PadukoneDeepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to Badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film...
– Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya/Sandhya (Sandy)
- 2009
Mugdha GodseMugdha GodseMugdha Godse is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. A former model, Godse was a semi-finalist at the Femina Miss India 2004 competition...
– FashionFashion (film)Fashion is a 2008 Indian film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film has a massive star cast which includes Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse and Arjan Bajwa. Based on the dark side of the world of fashion, the movie depicts it through the...
as Janet Sequeira
2010s
- 2010
Anushka SharmaAnushka SharmaAnushka Sharma is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract and made her screen debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat...
– Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Tania "Taani" Sahni
- 2011
Sonakshi SinhaSonakshi SinhaSonakshi Sinha is an Indian actress and model.She is the daughter of actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha and Punam Sinha...
– DabanggDabanggDabangg is a 2010 Hindi action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap in his directorial debut and produced by Arbaaz Khan under the Arbaaz Khan Productions. The lead actors in the film include Arbaaz's elder brother, Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha...
as Rajo
See also
- Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild AwardsApsara Film & Television Producers Guild AwardsAn Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award is an accolade given by the Bollywood film industry to recognize outstanding performances by its members. Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna, the Apsara Awards have been one of the major award events in Bollywood since 2004...
- Apsara Award for Best Male DebutApsara Award for Best Male DebutThe Apsara Award for Best Male Debut is given by the producers of the film and television guild as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in his debut film...