Kangana Ranaut, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone: Action babes of Bollywood (see pics)

New Delhi: They have lit homes and hearts of many but when it comes to protecting their pride and loved ones, Women is an unstoppable force.Woman is a house maker, mother, friend and a protector but when threatened they can even transform into an action babe.Unlike household, not a single Bollywood movie can ever be complete without a woman's presence. She adds the much needed emotion, charisma, exquisiteness and incomparable sensation.And if asked to be, they can outperform their male counterparts in action sequences. Gone are those days when actresses were heroines dancing around trees clad in sarees voicing their emotions for their love.Women of today are fighting off roadside bullies, kicking out street-smarts' guts and punching in through the corrupt system which believes women are born to be tamed.Here's a list of our Bollywood sexiest action babes, who not only punched a mark with their acting prowess but with their determination to pull action scenes on their own...Rani Mukerji: Rani Mukerji gave a throat-gulping performance in 'Mardaani'. She is no newcomer to women-centric movies, her debut 'Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat' indeed was one of the most talked about films in those times.Rani Mukerji plays the role of a blatant cop from Mumbai Crime Branch who is out there to clean the rotten and corrupt system in the most understood way of her own i.e. managing crooks the way they work. Priyanka Chopra: She has in her kitty some of most excellent performances including 'Barfi', where she played the role of an autistic young girl. Priyanka Chopra this year is again ready to serve right with her tribute to Indian boxer and 5 times world champion Mary Kom.Priyanka Chopra in this biopic is playing the role of 'Mary Kom' and her journey of tryst with pain, emotion, winning spirit. For this role, Priyanka had to undergo strenuous workout regime to build up her stamina required to shoot long hours of boxing shoot.Deepika Padukone: Bollywood's current leading diva Deepika Padukone has tasted the action sequence way back in her film 'Chandni Chowk to China' opposite Akshay Kumar.Deepika who played role of twin girls, showed off her action prowess as turned a Chinese assassin as one of the twin. And not just this, Deepika too gave a glimpse of her fiery side in her last release Ram-Leela, where she was seen playing with weapons throughout the movie. Kangana Ranaut: With her ultimate Delhi girl performance, Kanagana stole away hearts of her fans both in India and around the world. But she catapulted into a fiery dacoit in 'Revolver Rani'.Kangana played the role with much flair giving a dose of hardcore female fanatic who feels fun being around the most brutal weapons. Kangana hurled guns in the movie as if she was brought up playing with this toy since her childhood.But kuddos to her performance that never disappoints you.Madhuri Dixit: The dancing diva of Bollywood gave a stunning power-pack performance in 'Gulab Gang' where she played the role of a leader, who stands up for those women who feel weakened by the atrocities of men.Madhuri's role was much appreciated and her prowess to fully exercise her action diva image won kuddos from the entire Bollywood industry.Aishwarya Rai: Bollywoo'd blued eyed beauty Aishwarya stunned all when she donning skimpy outfits laced with weapons and played the role of a female thief who seduces world's most threatening and sexiest thief played by Hrithik Roshan in 'Dhoom 2'.Though their on-screen chemistry stole away the limelight in the movies but one could not just miss, Ms. Bachchan's stupendous action sequences.