Nawazuddin's mother Mehroonisa among BBC's 100 Most Influential Women
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Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has expressed his happiness for his mother being named among BBC's 100 most influential women list of 2017.
His mother, Mehroonisa Siddiqui was a surprise addition to the list and the actor shared a photo on Twitter to congratulate her. The post reads: "A lady who showed courage against all odds being in a conservative family from a small village-My Mother."
A Lady who showed courage against all odds being in a conservative Family from a small village-My Mother #100MostInfluentialWomenInTheWorld pic.twitter.com/rtE9VnEP74
— Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) September 27, 2017
Other achievers who made it to the list include Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj, Dr Urvashi Sahni --a social entrepreneur, women's rights activist and educationist, Nitya Thummalachetty -- a business analyst at CareCentra, and Tulika Kiran -- founder and CEO of Embibe.