The sexiest models to watch this year!

Last year, supermodel Deepika Padukone set the screen on fire in Om Shanti Om. This year, it'll only get better, with more and more models turning towards Bollywood.

We take a look at the top five models making their hottest screen debuts in 2008.

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Mughda Godse

Madhur Bhandarkar's discovery, Mughda, turns bold in his upcoming film, Fashion.

Fashion is an expose into the glamorous but dark side of the modelling industry.

After ruling the fashion industry, Mughda tries her hand at acting in Fashion, which also stars Priyanka Chopra and Kangna Ranaut.

Text: Nithya Ramani

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Sheetal Menon

Model Sheetal Menon will kickstart her film career in Pavan Kaul's thriller, Bhram. The cast also includes Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Simone Singh and Chetan Hansraj.

Sheetal has been a Kingfisher calendar gal, appeared in music videos and also done quite a few advertisements. In Bhram, she plays a struggling model, who falls in love with a suave entrepreneur (played by Dino).

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Sheetal Mallar

Sheetal has been a known and successful face in the modelling world since she won the Femina Look of the Year in 1994.

Yet, the supermodel has not tried her hand in the movies until Yogendra Singh's Kabhi Bhi Kabhi Bhi came along. Apparently, she was just not interested earlier. Looks like she's finally changed her mind.

Photograph: Getty Images

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Niharika Singh

Niharika is no stranger to fame. At the age of 21, she won the Ponds Femina Miss India Earth pageant.

She is now debuting opposite Himesh Reshammiya in John Matthew Mathan's A Love Iiisshtory. Not only that, Himesh has also decided to cast Niharika in his upcoming film, Mudh Mudh Ke Na Dekh Mudh Mudh Ke.

The young star is preparing fiercely, taking acting classes from theatre guru Barry John, as she has never acted before.

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Sonal Chauhan

Paired opposite Emraan Hashmi, Sonal replaced Esha Deol in Kunal Deshmukh's Jannat.

A model and an ex-Miss India beauty pageant contestant, Sonal was crowned the Miss World Tourism 2005 in Malaysia.

Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Jannat will be Sonal's first big screen experience.


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