If there is any more evidence required, to prove that 2015 was the year of Deepika Padukone, here it is. The long limbed spunky actress made it to the ultimate power list — the Financial Times Women of 2015, along with international heads of state, economists, journalists and activists.

'Deepika Padukone isn't your traditional Bollywood heroine. In a film industry known for meek, decorative female leads, she is rounding out 2015 by starring in Bajirao Mastani, a violent 18th-century epic,' wrote James Crabtree, head of the FT's Mumbai Bureau, who interviewed the actress.