Dabangg: Sonakshi won a million hearts with her debut film opposite Salman Khan who offered her the role after seeing her dancing at a function. Sonakshi lost 30 kilos over two years to portray her character of a village girl in the film. Dabangg was the highest grossing film of 2010

Rowdy Rathore: Two years after the release of Dabangg, Sonakshi was seen opposite Akshay Kumar in this blockbuster film, which was also the highest grossing film. In the same year Sonakshi was also recognised as the highest grossing actress of 2012

Dabangg 2: In 2012, she starred in the sequel of Dabangg, which was also declared a blockbuster. Sonakshi reprised her role of village belle Rajjo playing mother to Chulbul Pandey's kids

Lootera: Sonakshi earned critical acclaim with her role of Pakhi Roy Choudhary in this romantic period drama opposite Ranveer Singh. She donned an authentic Bengali look for the film, which was set in Bengal in the 1950s and won several awards for best actress

R... Rajkumar: In the year 2013, Sonakshi starred in Prabhu Deva's directorial Bollywood action masala. Sonakshi upped one level as she also performed some action scenes in the film. The film received a mixed response, but was a commercial success nevertheless