From Avneet Kaur’s film debut to Bollywood starkids' favourite BFF Orry entering Bigg Boss 17; Breakthrough moments of celebrities in 2023

These breakthrough moments showcase the impact of Indian celebrities in the industry, redefined their abilities in different genres and made an impactful noise. These celebrities achieved significant milestones in their careers, landing with lead roles in popular shows, films, winning awards, or venturing into new platforms and genres and simply winning hearts. Take a look at these celebs’ remarkable moments in 2023, that grabbed the eyeballs.

Social media sensation and Bollywood starkids Jahnvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan’s BFF Orry has been under the limelight since a long time. However, this year, ‘Who is Orry?’ and ‘What does Orry do?’ had been making news. And Orry spilled all the beans by making a smashing special entry in Bigg Boss 17. From charging lakhs for clicking selfies to how he maintains his lifestyle, Orry revealed it all.

Avneet Kaur, who was once a child actor and popularly known for her role in TV show Aladdin- Naam Toh Suna Hoga, made her Bollywood debut this year. The actress starred opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Tiku Weds Sheru, which is Kangana Ranaut’s production. Avneet has been going places and not looked back.

Uorfi made major headlines after designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla made her their muse earlier this year. Post doing Bigg Boss OTT, Splitsvilla, Uorfi’s outfits not only grabbed attention but also she received quite the backlash and had several clashes with some names in the industry. Uorfi took them head on and finally it landed her with several designer names working with her and also some international names talking about her. One of her looks was being compared to American singer Billie Eilish.

Rhea Chakraborty, who was surrounded by controversy for a long time over Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide case, came back with a bang this year as a gang leader with Roadies 19 – Karm Ya Kaand. The actress, who had been accused of abetment of Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide in 2020, recalled in the reality show what she had been through in the past 3 years as she resonated with a few contestants during the auditions. Rhea described her life’s journey by coming out of a tunnel. Rhea said, “My life has been like a tunnel like this. It’s been filled with difficulties and some weird stuff. I am now on this side of the tunnel I really want to see through which tunnels have people been through and survived.”

The 21-year-old actress, who began her career in the Indian television industry as a child artist, has been shooting for projects in Korea. Anushka was all over the news, for her breathtaking pictures from Korea. Anushka, who began working in the Korean industry in 2022 and was appointed as the ambassador for Korean tourism, represented India at the United Nations Cop28 UAE this year. Sharing her happiness over the same, Anushka Sen exclusively told ETimes TV, "I am honored to be a part of The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 and UAE is always a very warm family which has welcomed me. It’s a moment of pride for me to be representing my country in front of the whole world and the change-makers, present. I am delighted to be able to sing for the first time on a stage and at such a huge platform. It feels like a collective success for all of us when it comes to Indian representation."

From Bigg Boss 13, Shehnaaz Gill made her way into the international platform this year. The singer and actress, who was a part of Ekta Kapoor’s film ‘Thank you for Coming’, walked the red carpet at the TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, where the film was screened. The film starred Bhumi Pednekar, Dolly Singh, Shibani Bedi and Kusha Kapila.

Dev Joshi, who earned immense fame and love from the netizens for his role in Balveer, has come a long way in the industry. He started off as a child actor when he was only 9-year-old and crossed huge milestone in his life as he got invited to join SpaceX moon mission. Dev announced that he is one out of the eight people in the world to be a part of member crew for SpaceX moon trip. He will be getting an opportunity to travel the moon’s orbit on starship spacecraft. The selected members will travel around the earth’s orbit in a spacecraft developed by Elon Musk’s Space X.