The Producers Guild Film Award for Best Female Debut (previously known as 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.
Winners
2000s
2004 No award 2005 No award 2006Vidya Balan – Parineeta as Lalita 2007 No award 2008Deepika Padukone – Om Shanti Om as Shantipriya/Sandhya (Sandy) 2009Mugdha Godse – Fashion as Janet Sequeira
2010s
2010Anushka Sharma – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as Tania "Taani" Sahni 2011Sonakshi Sinha – Dabangg as Rajo 2012Parineeti Chopra – Ladies vs Ricky Bahl as Dimple Chaddha 2013Ileana D'Cruz – Barfi! as Shruti Ghosh/Sengupta 2014Vaani Kapoor – Shuddh Desi Romance as Tara 2015Kriti Sanon – Heropanti as Dimpy Chaudhary 2016Bhumi Pednekar – Dum Laga Ke Haisha as Sandhya Varma
See also Producers Guild Film Awards Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Debut
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