Over the next decade, Sharma displayed a refusal to be typecast. She navigated high-concept blockbusters like (2014) and
: Her upcoming project, Chakda 'Xpress , is a tribute to cricket icon Jhulan Goswami, further blending the worlds of sports and cinema in popular media. Media Presence and Entrepreneurship
When Sharma burst onto the scene in 2008, Bollywood was dominated by glamorous, somewhat passive female archetypes. Sharma’s breakout role as Taani was a quiet rebellion. She held her own against Shah Rukh Khan not through glamour, but through an earnest, understated intensity that signaled a shift in how popular media viewed its leading ladies.