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.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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Parveen Babi would put Bond girls to shame in her Yeh Nazdeekiyan two piece.
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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.
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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.
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Neetu Singh's eye-catching red one-piece from the 1976 action flick, Shankar Dada.
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The 1983 film Himmatwala had a meanie-mouse Sridevi showing of her curviness in a purple maillot.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Tanuja looked young, and elegant, in this black one-piece.
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