Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar has established herself as an unconventional heroine. From her film choices to her unconventional looks, Bhumi wants to shatter the industry stereotype of how a heroine should look on-screen.

Bhumi has done films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha, her debut that saw her as an overweight girl on screen, battled her lover’s erectile dysfunction in Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and played a sexually charged domestic help whose life speaks of India’s inherent class issues in Lust Stories. She has battled patriarchy in Sonchiriya, played the world’s oldest female sharpshooter in Saand Ki Aankh, highlighted social issues about female suppression in Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare and played a dark-skinned girl highlighting societal stereotypes in Bala.