India, March 6 -- International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, is just around the corner, and this year's theme is 'Accelerate Action.'

The first-ever women's day was celebrated on March 19, 1911, in the US as well as some European countries. It originally came as an idea from the labour movement in 1908.

The March 8 day was then adopted from 1975 onwards by the United Nations.

For the occasion, the following are four inspirational figures

Shruti Mahajan was the casting director for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's acclaimed Netflix series, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. Before embarking on her Bollywood journey, she started off in the human resources department of a bank.

However, her repertoire now includes Bajirao Mastani, Gangubai K...