The beautiful women of Bollywood, Part I

[dangermousie]

I have raved enough about Bollywood beefcake, and the music, and the pretty colors, etc etc etc.

But another thing that takes my breath away are Bollywood actresses. When I watch a Hollywood movie, I often wonder why such and such an actress is supposed to be beautiful.

I never get that with Bollywood actresses (except for Esha Deol :D). They really are gorgeous.



Some pictures:

My Bollywood favorite Kajol (star of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabie Gham, Pyar To Hona Hi Tha etc), courtesy of thelana:


Rani Mukherjee (star of Black, Paheli, Hum Tum etc), courtesy of thelana


Aishwarya Rai in Devdas (also star of Raincoat, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam etc):


Lara Dutta in Mumbai Se Aya Mera Dost (also star of Elaan, Andaaz etc):


Adorable Juhi Chawla (star of Yes Boss, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, 3 Deewarein etc)


Kareena Kapoor in Asoka (also star of Chameli, Dev, Refugee):


The famous Madhuri Dixit in Devdas (star of waaaay too many movies to name):


Manisha Koirala (one of my favorites, star of Dil Se, Company, Khamoshi):


Vidya Balan (star of Parineeta):


Preity Zinta (star of Veer-Zaara, Kal Ho Na Ho, Dil Chahta Hai etc):


Priyanka Chopra being risque (star of Andaaz, Karam, Aitraaz, Waqt etc):


Bombshell Bipasha Basu in Barsaat (also star of Madhoshi, Rakht, Aetbaar etc):


Mahima Chaudhary (star of Pardes, Lajja etc)

Comments

[thelana.livejournal.com]

Kajol's neck looks... weird :)

Great picture of Manisha though.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention it, yeah. I guess I better find another pic :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am going to put it in the main message :)

[thelana.livejournal.com]

Some of my faves..

One
Two
Three
Four

[thelana.livejournal.com]

LOL, you don't have to put it on top though ;) At least not above Kajol :D

[callmecaito.livejournal.com]

Another thing about Bollywood is how even the backup dancers are absolutely fabulous-looking. And as lovely as these ladies all look in the pics, they are even more gorgeous on screen- poetry in motion!

Seriously, though, where are all my favorites? *sob*

[thelana.livejournal.com]

LOL, we should already start nagging her for the second patch. I submit

Nandita Das
Isha Koppikar
Tabu

and *grumble*

Urmila

for Part II :)

[callmecaito.livejournal.com]

I second Tabu and Urmila, and raise you a Sridevi.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Indian women are just gorgeous. I've always thought that (they and Japanese/Chinese women). Almost all of my favorite actresses are foreign, as are the ones I have girl crushes on. Aishwarya Rei is one of them.

[thelana.livejournal.com]

Hey, if we force her to do the classical actresses as well, she'll never finish!

(I agree about Sridevi though, she is just on the edge of classical, so she still counts)

[thelana.livejournal.com]

You do know that Aish is in Khakee?

/relentless pimping

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

No I didn't. I've never seen anything she's been in, but I saw a Dateline special with her and thought she was absolutely gorgeous. She's obviously not the only one judging from the pictures.

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

All of the pictures are great, exceptt Kajol's. And that's definitely not your fault, she has so few pictures out on the net, let alone good ones. I wish there was more of her out there! :(

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

used the first one. Thanks! :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I rectified that. I like Rani, but must admit that in the endless Rani-Preity wars on TB, I would be more of a Preity girl :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

So, who are your favorites? :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

yeah, I also love the fact that they don't look starved to death!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I replaced the Kajol one :)

[jonaki.livejournal.com]

I like the fact that for most of the actresses, you chose Indian clothes. No wonder they all look so beautiful.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee.

My list for part 2 so far is:

Hema Malini
Rekha
Jaya Bhaduri
Nutan
Nargis
Madhubala
Meena Kumari
Sushmita Sen
Sridevi
Tabu
Amrita Rao
Dia Mirza
Karisma Kapoor (yup, loved her in Fiza)
Sonali Bendre
Jyothika
Neetu Singh
Zeenat Aman
Saira Banu

I don't like Isha, Urmila or Antara, sorry :( I am accepting more suggestions though :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I tried to find traditional outfits as much as I could because they look so gorgeous (e.g. Aishwarya looks OK in Western clothes, but breathtaking in a traditional outfit). It was kinda hard to find it for Priyanka or Bipasha and there are so few Kajol pics on the net that...

I am especially impressed with the Juhi picture actually...I love the colors!

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Curves are attractive, stick thin is not.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Traditional Indian clothing surely knows how to make a woman look pretty, doesn't it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, love the violent icon :)

[thelana.livejournal.com]

I *adore* that first one. My top favourite Kajol pic ever. Especially since she usually rarely ever has that kind of style/look.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know, it looks so good!

[iheartpotatoes.livejournal.com]

Manisha's sari is gorgeous. And she looks so lovely in it.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I love my gun kata. Slickest fight scenes I've seen since Brotherhood of the Wolf. And the costumes were just perfect for that movie. Me and my glove fetish.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know, I love that pic!

[thelana.livejournal.com]

Awww, but Isha is pretty :(

Lol, interesting mix, though. :)

No Waheeda Rehman and Vyjasomethingsomething?

BTW, I stumbled across a nice site for classic actresses pictures just today.

Madhubala (really dig the sepia colored one)
Classic Actresses

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

Lol, yay! :)

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Wah, that Manisha pic is gorgeous! She's looking very south Indian, I've never seen it before.

Definetely want some Sushmita for round II :)

[aliterati.livejournal.com]

Re: Bipasha Basu. Do not tell me those are natural.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've never seen that before either :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I haven't touched them, wouldn't know :)

[queenoftheheart.livejournal.com]

nice pics!! looveee Bipasha:)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks