f f l o r a n a u h e e d m e e r aBrazen and Babelicious MALLIKA SHERAWAT You can’t help but stare goggle-eyed at her twin peaks. In her bold debut Khwahish, a ‘‘frank’’ story of young urban lovers, she’s done it all from 17 smooches to live crabs being thrown at her chest, and ‘‘no cuts, it’s no big deal’’. She says director Govind Menon told her she had the best dialogue delivery skills since Smita Patil. Whatever. CLEO ISAACS This model-actress debuts across Sunny Deol as a ‘no-nonsense’ ad exec who makes it in the big, bad world. Sound like a Bipasha flick? But Isaacs thinks she will rock the scene with an identity of her own! A big plus? Though born and brought up in England, she speaks fluent Hindi and Urdu. RAKHI SAWANT So what if they picked Yana over her for Dum? This girl heats up the floor with Mohabbat Hain Mirchi in Chura Liya Hain Tumne. ‘‘The glamour of Zeenat and the dancing moves of Helen is where I fit in,’’ she says. Her raunchy act is not without takers. Coming up: Shah Rukh Khan’s Main Hoon Na and Manisha Koirala’s home production Paisa Vasool. MAHEK It took four years of modelling, music videos, ad films and some Southern flicks, but Mahek got her big break when she was offered a role in Nitin Manmohan’s Nayee Padosan. ‘‘It’s a dream role, the entire film revolves around me,’’ she exclaims. The comedy has four men lusting after her! Possibly because of her J Lo-style rear? HEENA KAUSHIK Dev Anand’s hot pick from Censor, she’s in his latest Love at Times Square. ‘‘The script was written for me,’’ she claims. An ex-English Lit student and aspiring IAS officer, this hazel-eyed honey says Sridevi’s role in Lamhe is the ultimate dream. Coy and Comely FFLORA With Namit Kishore Kapoor’s acting training and producer T P Aggarwal as a ‘‘great family friend’’, there was nothing to stop Fflora from snagging a role in Love in Nepal opposite Sonu Nigam. From beauty contests and guest appearances ‘‘films was where I consequently wanted to reach,’’ says Fflora. MEERA VASUDEVAN This Tamilian babe from the cricket-rangoli ad (remember her bubbly om cricketaye namah) has been cast opposite the hunky Milind Soman in Rules - Pyar ka Superhit Formula as a girl next door who drools over Soman. ‘‘I want to play the protagonist,’’ says this ambitious lass. NANDINI SINGH An airhostess with Jet Airways, this is the baby-faced girl who did a Marilyn Monroe in the Aryan music video. It took a couple more to be spotted by David Dhawan and cast in his latest Ek aur Ek Gyarah. She’s banking on cherubic looks and sexy moves. NAUHEED CYRUSI This often-seen telly face has a new look in debut film Supari. She’s targeting a sexy image. But if you liked her teenybopper look, it’s a tough shift to handle! HONEY KALARIA She was born in Africa and runs a dance academy in London. But having performed with Bollywood biggies and done a split-second role in Indian Babu, as a ‘‘bubbly cousin’’, she’s tasted blood.
