2016 saw several female-centric films of which Sonam Kapoor's Neerja has elbowed out several films like Akira, Sarbjit and others, to become the most liked female-centric film of 2016 by a clear margin.

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In a recently conducted poll, the Ram Madhvani-directed flick stood as the clear winner with 64 percent votes.

'Neerja' movie is considered as Sonam Kapoor' career-defining performance

The 31-year-old actress was also honoured with the Best Actress award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne recently, for portraying the PAN Am brave-heart Neerja Bhanot.

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The movie, other than being critically acclaimed, did a spectacular business at the Box Office with a collection of more than Rs 130 crore worldwide.

Neerja, also starring Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tiku, Shekhar Ravjiani and others, can indeed be considered as the Khoobsurat actress' career-defining performance.

ANI