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Well well well…if it isn’t just like the Katrina Kaif we all know and fell in love with. Who else would respond with a simple “It feels good to be voted by fans and that too in such huge numbers, but I don’t think if you wear a bikini or show skin, you look sexy. I would rather say I’m pretty”, after being voted India’s sexiest woman for the second time in a row. But in honour of the woman who launched a thousand double clicks, we put her Diva Direct for this week…the original sizzler!

So what else other than Bollywood and modeling for this uber hot lass? Katrina is a cricket buff. Irrfan Pathan is her favourite, although she had turned up to cheer for the Royal Challengers in the IPL.

On being voted ‘Most luscious lips’, Katrina Kaif had little to say, except, “It feels funny to hear such things”

“It`s not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to strip or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to do good work instead of sporting such meaningless tags. Sex sells, but to a small extent, not always”. Go on lady, we’re listening…

“I can read and speak Hindi quite well now and that's quite an achievement considering I didn't know the language at all when I came down here” Katrina may have thought it a handicap, but the truth is, the Indian audience was so mesmerized by her that all but the hardliners were willing to forgive her for it.

Ileana D'Cruz is one of the most attractive actresses down South. Born and brought up in Mumbai, the lissome beauty's rise to the top was meteoric.

Ileana had a cracker of a debut in Tollywood, with 'Devadasudu' (2006), directed by Y.V.S. Chowdhary, opposite newcomer Ram. And her second film, 'Pokiri', turned out to be the biggest blockbuster Telugu Cinema has seen till date.

Reading books, listening to music and swimming are Ileana's hobbies.

Ileana replaced Mamta Mohandas in M.S. Raju's 'Aata'; Trisha Krishnan replaced her in Nagarjuna's 'Don'.

Ileana has been approached by renowned producer M.S. Raju to do the lead role in his upcoming films, 'Veera' (opposite Allu Arjun) and 'Aata' (opposite Siddharth Narayan). Ileana has also been signed up for Trivikram Srinivas' untitled Pawan Kayan film.

She has bagged a Bollywood film to be directed by Sangeeth Sivan, with Bobby Deol and Nana Patekar in lead roles. The film is remake of the Telugu blockbuster, 'Athadu'.

From the beginning, Ileana has been planning to make it big in Bollywood. She would "like to work with Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan".

She acted with Pawan Kalyan in 'Jalsa', one of the top grossers in Telugu this year. She has signed a film opposite Manchu Vishnu Vardhan, tentatively titled, 'Saleem'.

Her debut in Tamil was opposite Ravi Krishna in 'Kedi', which did not do well at the B.O. Ileana has reportedly signed 'Vettaikkaran', opposite Vijay, for a huge amount.

Ileana landed her debut film after director Y.V.S. Chowdhary spotted her in a Fair and Lovely ad film directed by Rakesh Roshan. The film was a success at the box-office.

Her parents named her after Ileana (Helen of Troy) from Greek mythology. Doing justice to the legend of Helen are the Tollywood bigwigs, who fight each other to get Ileana on their title cards!

Ileana was born in Mumbai on August 19, 1987, to a Roman Catholic father (Ronaldo Leo) and a Muslim mother (Sameera). She has three sisters and two brothers.

Recently, Illeana was in the news for rejecting a role in Soundarya Rajnikanth's 'Sultan, the Warrior'.

Lara Dutta is one of the unsung beauties of Bollywood. Fiercely independent, this Mumbai beauty refuses to take walk-on parts; she has refused even Hollywood films for the same reason. The former Miss Universe and Miss Intercontinental was a super model before she debuted in films with 'Andaaz'. Her sensitive performance fetched her the Filmfare award for the Best Female Debut.

Lara has good comic timing as was seen in 'Partner' and 'No Entry'. She held her own against veterans in the game such as Govinda, Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor.

She has an array of big releases coming up in 2009, including SRK-starrer 'Billu Barber', 'London Dreams', 'Blue' and Sudhir M

She was crowned Miss Universe in 2000. Subsequently, she was appointed as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. Dutta won the Gladrags modelling competition in India and became the first Indian representative at the 1997 Miss Intercontinental pageant, in which she became the champion.

Her mother, Jennifer Dutta was a singer for Doordarshan Radio, Jalandhar. She also has two older sisters. Famed composer and DJ Nitin Sawhney is Dutta's cousin.

Lara was supposed to debut in films with 'Arasatchi' in Tamil, in 2002, but the movie got released only in mid-2004. Finally, she made her debut in 2003 with the Hindi film, 'Andaaz', which was a box office success. Her box office 'hits' include 'Masti', 'Kaal', 'No Entry', 'Partner' and 'Bhagam Bhag'. Lara Dutta says she has no friends in Bollywood. "Everyone is here to do his or her work," she feels. She has not done anything aggressively glam in the recent past except 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom'. Because, she thinks ordinary women identify themselves with simple characters, the girl-next door-types. Lara Dutta and Dino Morea were invited to a Los Angeles Lakers practice where they got to meet their favourite NBA player, Kobe Bryant. Rumour mills have been linking her with many an actor. She says, "I do enjoy the company of men. And I’m not going to get inhibited at the thought of being linked with one of them the next morning." She looks forward to her role in Sudhir Mishra’s version of 'Devdas', in which she plays Paro. Lara is also doing 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' with Govinda and 'Blue' with Akshay Kumar.

Lara Dutta was offered roles in 'The Matrix Reloaded' (2003) and 'The Matrix Revolutions' (2003), but she turned them down as she was not satisfied with the script.

Priya Mani, who bagged a National Award for her 'Paruthiveeran' effort, has switched back to the 'glam doll' mode. After doing an item number in Nagarjuna's 'King', Priya will reprise Nayantara's bikini-act in in the Telugu remake of 'Billa'.

Priya, who has of late been having a helluva time in Kollywood, Tollywood and Mollywood, has a bigger ambition to fulfill: A throne in Bollywood.

Make way for the super-stunner!

Soon after the release of 'Paruthiveeran', Priyamani did an out-and-out glam role in 'Malaikkottai'.

Her hobbies are music and dance. Dan Brown and Jeffery Archer are her favourite authors.

She has an important role in Mani Ratnam's bilingual, 'Ashokavanam', in which she is paired opposite her statemate, Prithviraj.

In Telugu, she is being paired opposite Nandhamuri Balakrishna in two films.

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is Priyamani's second cousin.

Priya Mani considers Sridevi's role in 'Sadma' as "the ideal role".

Priyamani's favourite actors are: Kamal Hassan, Mammootty, Mohanlal and Dileep. Her favourite actresses are Sridevi and Kajol.

Her acting talents were in evidence even in her school days. She was a model for many textile ads.

Her first film in Telugu was 'Pellaina Kothalo', a Jagapati Babu-starrer. The film was a hit and gave Priyamani the break she was looking for.

Priya's second film was directed by Bala Mahendra; it was titled 'Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam'. Dhanush was Priya's hero in the film. It bombed!

She debuted with the Bharathiraja film, 'Kangalal Kaithu Sei'. The film, in which she was paired opposite Vaseegaran, was a dud.

Priyamani was born on June 4, 1984, at Palakkad, Kerala, to Vasudeva Mani Iyer and Latha Mani.

The Mangalorean beauty is at her peak in Tollywood, as her latest film, 'Arundhati', has become a rage in Andhra Pradesh. Anushka has had a dream debut in 'Super' (2005) as the leading lady of Akkineni Nagarjuna. Though she did not have a great 2008, her hands are full with big projects, including Vijay's 'Vettaikkaran'.

The leggy siren is fast racing to the top in both Tollywood and Kollywood. Bollywood is not a faraway castle!

Her favourite actresses are Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Sushmita Sen in Bollywood; Soundarya, Simran, Jyothika in south India.

Her favourite Bolly actors are Hritik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan. It's Mahesh Babu, Gopichand and NTR, in Tollywood.

She has a rather curious hobby of collecting paper cuttings on natural disasters.

Anushka enjoys reading, music, loves nature and travelling. She is very fond of children and pets.

For the Tulu speaking Shetty girl, learning Telugu was not very difficult. Her knowledge of Kannada helped her a lot.

Says Anushka: "I can be loud and vivacious and yet be demure. In fact, when people meet me for the first time they think I am arrogant. ."

She learnt yoga from the famous guru Bharat Thakur in Mumbai.

Her parents are in the hospitality industry; one of her brothers is a dentist and the other, an engineer.

In 2008, she had four releases in Telugu; 'Baladur', 'Souryam', 'Chintakaala Ravi' and 'King'. Of these, the last mentioned was the only hit, in which Anushka appeared in an item number.

In Chiranjeevi-starrer 'Stalin' (2006), Anushka performed an item dance.

Her third film, 'Vikramarkudu' (2006), opposite Ravi Teja was a huge hit.

She met Puri Jagannath through a common friend, who was looking for a heroine for 'Super'. Her first salary was Rs 20 lakh.

After graduating in Computer Applications (BCA), Anushka wanted to get into the fitness world and thus became a yoga instructor.