Sexiest Actresses Of 2008's
Hotpants, baby
Bips has long been one of the industry's hottest chicas, but this is decidedly the first time she's looked as breathtakingly oomphy. Constantly clad in aggressively sexy clothing, Bips rocks the tiny pants, shows off that fantastic posterior, toned legs, and flashes some wonderfully distracting decolletage.
As hot as it gets, really.
Honestly, what better body to pour into a Miami showreel than this one? Miss Shetty's been missing from our screens for a while now, but clearly she hasn't been miserly with the yoga, and that bod looks better than ever. Say what you want about the film that had the potential to be so much more, but during the Shilpa-featuring opening credits all our jaws hung open.
Kapoor's most hyped appearance of the year came in Victor Acharya's Tashan, where she poured her size-zero figure into a bikini. But despite that -- and the tarty red dress -- she looked far too parched to actually be hot.
The scorcher seemed a lot more wholesome in Golmaal Returns, be it in character in saris or all hotted up during the songs.
It might have been more than a tad in-your-face, but try and hunt out just one man complaining about Priyanka Chopra's wardrobe in Karan Johar's latest production. Some of it was plain ridiculous -- especially the way she dressed for work -- but to all those women who rationally and cattily complain that no woman dresses like that, all us men retort: well, they should. If only in our fantasies.
There was much talk of Madhur Bhandarkar's film starring three very attractive actresses, and while Priyanka Chopra and Kangna Ranaut played a couple of stereotyped characters, the more likeable (and less exaggerated) role belonged to Godse, making her Bollywood debut. Also, she was the hottest of the trio, by far.
The film, a rather painful attempt at remaking Mel Brooks' To Be Or Not To Be, might have been a critical and commercial disaster, but the industry's hottest woman poured her pneumatic body into flattering enough clothes. Flattering enough, in fact, to ensure that we were often gladly forgoing plotline entirely because we'd rather gape instead.
The most plotless film of the year featured a bunch of stars strutting their stuff and frequently forgetting to act. But full marks for tossing Kats into formal-gear. Office skirts and fitted shirts haven't looked this sexy for a really long time, and it truly makes for Katrina at her hottest.
A lithe, leggy actress who looks like a hotter version of Amrita Rao? Yes, please. We're all game to see more of the slender Sonal, yet another of the heroines who makes us realise just how charmed a certain Emraan Hashmi's life really is.
Alright, so it is another of the year's worst films, and Minissha positively grates on your nerves. The same can't be said about her willingness to display her ample curves though, a fact that should lead you to watch the music videos -- but not this film, oh no.
We've always known she can't act -- and even formulated theories that her very presence can doom a film to abject unwatchability (a theory that Kunal Kohli's dud doesn't quite disprove) -- but honestly, her stripping down to bizarrely trashy cocktail dresses at least briefly livened up proceedings in this awful movie.
10. Sushmita Sen
9. Mallika Sherawat
8. Vidya Balan
She entranced audiences with her eyes in Parineeta, one of those film debuts that showed undoubted spark. And while she might not have done anything at all since then, the lass features in the one upcoming film whose trailer made the country break into a wider grin than anything else this year -- bole to, if she's good enough for Munna, she's good enough for us.
7. Bipasha Basu
Now this one's the exception -- abs as flat as a pricey Korean television, an indulgent grin, and acting skills. Bips initially captured our imaginations as a voluptuous temptress who could (barely, it must be said) pull off a swimsuit. Acting was not her thing at all, the girl being dubbed in almost every film.
6. Kareena Kapoor
She might not have delivered on the Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham potential and turned up as Bollywood's bonafide Number One yet, but Kareena seems to be doing her own thing, her way. She has a steady boyfriend (a Bollywood accomplishment of Herculean standards) in Shahid Kapoor, a bunch of hit films, and most top directors would kill to cast her in their next. And Omkara made each and every one of us fall in love with this fair girl trying to sing Stevie Wonder. Sigh.
5. Preity Zinta
In terms of visibility, Ms Z is down to almost one film a year. 2004 had Veer-Zaara (Lakshya doesn't count, does it), 2005 had Salaam Namaste (and a random disaster, you get the drift). This year, however has been good for Preity. She makes a blink-and-miss special appearance in the year's biggest film so far, Krrish, and while her screentime in Karan Johar's mammoth Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna might not be much more, she's one of the few to escape all the critical rants. And the upcoming Jaan-E-Man pits her with ever-hot hunks Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan.
4. Kajol
India almost wept when Kajol waved bye to Bollywood, prioritising her family with hubby Ajay Devgan. Madhuri Dixit's successor as the female film icon of India, Bollywood without Kajol was a depressing prospect. Five years on, and she comes back with Fanaa. An absurd film with a ridiculous plot, and a leading man looking older than ever. Ask the audience why they queued up for it, and the answer would be to see this woman smile. Kajol's back, and India's thrilled to bits.
3. Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai transcends mere numbers. If you were to actually tally her last dozen films, and not count her item-song in Bunty Aur Babli, then you'd see that none of her films have made a profit since 2002's Devdas. But all that's unimportant in the flashbulb-friendly world of the red carpet, isn't it? Ash is all about the 'concept' of an actress, the idea of a pretty woman with an exotic, unheard-of accent working the cameras at Cannes. She's perfect, even without movies. And with Dhoom 2 barely 2 months away, she isn't going anywhere.
2. Priyanka Chopra
2. Priyanka Chopra
This 24-year-old girl is the copybook success story. She spent the requisite gym-hours, became Miss World and entered Bollywood. Where she actually slogged it out and earned herself the applause. She didn't start with big banners, but worked her way up, consistently getting herself noticed. Today, she's the pick of the glamour brigade, an extremely desirable pin-up babe who is a definite performer. And if you think Krrish sold her short, hold your horses for Don. This babe's here to stay.
1. Rani Mukerji
If there can be a point of unanimity during any banal Bollywood discussion about numbers and ranks -- in an industry that trades loyalties every Friday -- it is simply this: Rani rules. It's come to the point where everybody loves Rani. The film might be a painfully over-indulgent director tripping on shadows, but Rani is good. It might be exaggerated farce written very poorly indeed, but Rani is good. Be it a historical gone wrong or a melodramatic letdown, the truth is clear -- Rani is good. She's a director's actress, and she's worked very hard indeed to solidify her position. Today, Rani Mukerji is reason enough to stand in line to buy tickets for a film -- an amazing feat in an overwhelmingly male dominated industry. This year has already seen her in Karan Johar's KANK. Ravi Chopra's Baabul and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya are waiting in the wings.
1. Rani Mukerji
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