Thursday Jan 15 2009, Chennai

Uttar to Dakshin!!

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Bhumika Chawla

The bubbly, spontaneous actress from New Delhi, who appeared in many music videos and ads before graduating to cinema, is one of the busiest actresses in south India. Though she has acted in Bollywood films such as the Salman Khan-starrer, 'Tere Naam' (2003) and 'Run' and 'Gandhi, My Father', she found better roles and appreciation down South. Recently, her performance in the title role in the Telugu film,'Anasuya', was widely appreciated.

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Manisha Koirala

The Kathmandu born actress, who wowed everyone with her innocent charm in '1942, Love Story'(1994), debuted in Bollywood with Subhash Ghai's 'Saudagar'(1991). Her brilliant performance in Mani Ratnam's 'Bombay' made her hugely popular in south India as well. She followed it up with two films--'Indian' and 'Mudhalvan' by Shankar, the biggest showman in Kollywood, both of which were chartbusters.

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Sonali Bendre

The tall model from Mumbai debuted in films with the Govinda-starrer, 'Aag'(1994). In 1995, she made a special appearance in Mani Ratnam's 'Mumbai'. She acted in 'Kadhalar Dhinam' and 'Kannodu Kanbathellam'(1999). The long limbed beauty went on to act in many Telugu flicks too.

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Namitha

The Surat-born sizzler is one of the hottest actors in South India films. The well-built siren, oozing oodles of oomph made her debut in films with the Telugu flick, 'Sontham', in 2002. The release of 'Aai', in which she was paired opposite Sarathkumar, made her the darling of the youth in Kollywood. The no-holds-barred glamour show shows no signs of let up and she is one of the most sought after actresses in India!

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Reema Sen

The Kolkata scorcher stormed into Kollywood with 'Minnale'(2001), opposite Madhavan. Since then, she has acted in many superhits, and her oomph factor contributed generously to the B.O. success of many films. Her Hindi flick, 'Chal Chala Chal' and 'Aayirathil Oruvan', are slated for release this year.

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Charmme

The hot siren from Punjab is one of the reigning glamour queens of south India. In the last couple of years, she has delivered big blockbusters such as 'Lakshmi' and 'Mantra'. The eyestopper is more than willing to appear in item numbers, as in 'Bhale Dongalu' (2008) and 'King'.

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Sushmita Sen

The Bengali beauty, after the failure of her Bollywood debut, 'Dastak', came back to reckoning with the Tamil film, 'Ratchagan'(1997), opposite Nagarjuna. She sizzled in the dance scenes with Nag. In Shankar's 'Mudhalvan', she made a special appearance.

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Shilpa Shetty

The 'Big Brother' winner is a Mangalorean born in Chennai, but she made her debut in films with the SRK-starrer, 'Bazeegar'. The tall temptress made her debut as the heroine to Prabhudeva in Mr. Romeo(1996). The gorgeous actress amazed the viewers by matching steps with the 'boneless' dancer Deva. In 2000, she did the famous item number, "Macarena..."

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Pooja Batra

The Faizabad born model has wowed the Southern viewers with her energetic performances in 'Sisindri' (Telugu, 1995), 'Chandralekha'(1997, Malayalam) and 'Kandukondain Kandukondain'(Telugu).

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Mallika Sherawat

Formerly Reema Lamba, the reigning sex symbol of Bollywood has featured in a Tamil film doing what she is best at--an item number! She does a scintillating pole dance in Kamal Haasan's 'Dasavatharam'.

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Raveena Tandon

The Mumbai-born actress debuted in Bollywood with 'Patthar Ke Phool'(1991)The "Cheez badi he musth musth" girl debuted in Tamil with 'Saadu' in 1994Her most appreciated role in the South was 'Aalavandhaan' (2001), opposite Kamal Haasan.