Bollywood's bold new beauties
They may not be the Katrinas or Kareenas of Bollywood, but these girls surely have what it takes to make it big in the film industry. Here's a look at a few hotties who are set to take Bollywood by storm...
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Sherlyn Chopra: Sherlyn has redefined the word 'sexy' in Bollywood. Formerly known as Mona Chopra, Sherlyn began her acting career with B-grade Bollywood films but soon she became a known face in the tinsel town. Recently she was seen in a small role in Yash Chopra's Dil Bole Hadippa with A league stars like Shahid Kapur and Rani Mukherjee.
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Kaveri Jha: Former model and an air hostess, Kaveri Jha began her acting career with Telugu films. she was seen in Nagaram (2008), Naa Girl Friend Baaga Rich (2009) and Ooha Chitram (2009). Her first Hindi movie, was Hijack with Shiney Ahuja and will be next seen in Bum Bum Bole.
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Shradha Sharma: Model-turned-actress Shradha started her acting career with serials like Suno Har Dil Kuch Kehta Hai and Saarthi. She then decided to move to films and acted in Kannada film Jeeva. Apparently, she is dating the controversial actor Raja Chaudhary.
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Neetu Chandra: Theatre artist and a model Neetu Chandra entered Bollywood in 2005 with Garam Masala and then worked with award winning director Madhur Bhandarkar in Traffic Signal. Her moment of fame came when she posed intimately with a female model for the cover of a men's magazine. In an interview to a daily newspaper, Neetu said she was ready to go nude for a James Cameron movie.
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Sayali Bhagat: This pretty lady entered the world of modelling after winning the Miss India contest. She then tried her luck in Bollywood and made her debut opposite Emraan Hashmi in The Train: Some Lines Should Never Be Crossed. She has also done a show on MTV.
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Poonam Jhawer: Poonam is a filmmaker, singer, Bollywood actress and model. Besides acting in in Hindi movies, Jhawer has also appeared in south Indian films opposite superstar Mamooty. She was also approached by the Playboy Magazine but the actress turned down the offer. She was seen in films like Mohraa, Deewana Hoon Main Tera to name a few.
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Mugdha Godse: Mugdha was the first runner-up at the Gladrags Mega Model Contest and winner of the Miss Body Beautiful contest. She also won the Miss Perfect 10 at the Ponds Femina Miss India Contest in 2004. After having made her mark as a ramp model, Mugdha started her acting career with Madhur Bhankar's critically acclaimed movie Fashion, which also starred Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut. Her next movie All The Best did exceptionally well at the box office. Mugdha was then seen as the lead in yet another Madhur Bhandarkar movie Jail opposite Neil Nitin Mukesh.
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Geeta Basra: This hot actress started her career in Bollywood opposite Emraan Hashmi in the movie Dil Diya Hai. She again acted opposite Emraan in another movie The Train. Born in UK, Geeta also made news when there were rumours about her dating cricketer Harbhajan Singh.
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Amruta Patki: Ex Miss India Amruta Patki has walked the ramp for big designer like Satya Paul, Tarun Tahiliani, Manish Malhotra and Rocky S to name a few. Amruta has also done campaigns for Pantaloons, Hair & Care and Happydent. Her first Bollywood movie was Hide and Seek.
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Mrinalini Sharma: Delhi gilr Mrinalini Sharma started her career as a model before foraying into movies. She was first seen on the big screen doing an item number in Prakash Jha's Apaharan. Post that Mrinalini has don two films with Mahesh Bhatt, first being Awarapan opposite Emraan Hashmi and second being choreographer Raju Khan's directorial debut movie Showbiz.
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Shazahn Padamsee: Daughter of renowned adman and theatre personality Alyque Padamsee, Shazahn started her acting career with theatre. Her performance in her father's play Unspoken Dialogues got good reviews. She made her Bollywood debut in 2009 with Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The actress is also ready to debut in Telugu movie with Orange and in Tamil too with Kanimozhi.
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Vaishali Desai: Manmohan Desai's grand neice Vaishali got her big break in Bollywood in Kal Kissne Dekha opposite Jackky Bhagnani. Before entering Bollywood, Vaishali had done a few commercials for Ponds, Tanishq, Raymond and Sunfeast. She had also appeared in a music video by Euphoria.
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Sophie Choudhry: VJ-turned-singer Sophie Choudhry was born and brought up in London. In 2000, she started her career as a pop singer with her all-girl band Sansara. Sophie has done a few item numbers in Hindi films but she is currently working on her new album.