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Summary Five Indians have been shortlisted for Time magazine's world's 100 most influential people for 2012.
The magazine has shortlisted 200 most influential people in the world, out of which 100 names would be pulled out for the magazines next edition.The list has 5 Indians in it - Vidya Balan, Anna Hazare, Nitish Kumar, Narendra Modi and Sachin Tendulkar Here is the excerpt about Vidya in Time.Do Bollywood heroines have aaa? Thanks to Balan, the answer is finally yes, yes, yes Balan started her career with romantic fluff, playing coy, chaste leading ladies, but has found critical acclaim (and box-office success) playing real women with real desires, from a 1970s star to the sister of a murder victim who fights for justice. Shes more popular than ever, a Bollywood icon for the knowing woman of the new India.says magazine about Vidya.Not surprisingly shes the only bollywood personality and Indian woman in the list.Other Indians who are shortlisted are Anna Hazare, Nitish Kumar, Narendra Modi and Sachin Tendulkar.
