Vintage bikini divas

Bollywood has always been bold and beautiful. Decades ago, actresses slipped into glamourous bikinis on screen. From Nutan and Mumtaz to Sharmila Tagore and Dimple - here's looking back at vintage bikini divas.

Jun 17, 2011 17:06 IST

Bollywood has always been bold and beautiful. Decades ago, actresses slipped into glamourous bikinis on screen. From Nutan and Mumtaz to Sharmila Tagore and Dimple - here's looking back at vintage bikini divas.

From the era of black and white, one of the first to be seen in a swimsuit, Nutan wore a maillot way back in the 1958 film Dilli Ka Thug .
Known for her perfect 10 body, 70s bombshell Zeenat Aman got all sexy in a white little number, complimented with a belly chain in the hit film Qurbani.
A Filmfare cover has immortalized her bikini clad body. But not before An Evening In Paris, where Sharmila Tagore water-skied in a blue tankini.

Parveen Babi would put Bond girls to shame in her Yeh Nazdeekiyan two piece.
The 1973 classic Bobby was a romantic musical which in many ways embodied the free spirit of Bollywood in the 70s. Part of the package was then-newbie Dimple Kapadia's trendy wardrobe selection - two-pieces inclusive.
Mumtaz had the perfect curves, and she knew it. In the 1972 film Apradh she left little to imagination with her beachy black too-tiny number. Add to that co-star Feroz Khan's tighty-whitey swimsuit.

Neetu Singh's eye-catching red one-piece from the 1976 action flick, Shankar Dada.
The 1983 film Himmatwala had a meanie-mouse Sridevi showing of her curviness in a purple maillot.
In one of her most famous roles, Kimi Katkar donned a hot-rod red strapless bikini, with a sarong to maintain some modesty, in the hilariously sensuous song Tarzan my Tarzan from the 1985 flick Tarzan.

The multi-starrer megahit Trishul saw a sultry hottie make her big Bollywood debut. Showing off a killer bod, Poonam Dhillon wore an emerald green number as she danced to melody of Gapuchi gapuchi gum gum, alongside Sachin.
Sarika's wash board abs were bared for all to see in her miniscule red bikini in Vidhaata. If in doubt, check her out through Amrish Puri's binoculars!
Tanuja looked young, and elegant, in this black one-piece.