Entertainment world: February 2012

ANUSHKA SHARMA

TIMES MOST DESIRABLE WOMEN 2011
5 - ANUSHKA SHARMA
Model and Actor Anushka Sharma has been much in news for her alleged link-up with actor Ranveer Singh with whom she has featured in 'Band Baja Barat' and more recently, 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl'. The winner of two Filmfare Awards, Anushka is touted to be one of the most promising actors in Bollywood.

PRIYANKA CHOPRA

TIMES MOST DESIRABLE WOMEN 2011
4 - PRIYANKA CHOPRA
Debuting with the 2002 Tamil film 'Thamizhan', Priyanka Chopra has films like 'Aitraz', 'Fashion', 'Krrish', 'Don - The Chase Begins Again' and more recently 'Saat Khoon Maaf' to her credit. Her upcoming movies are 'Don 2 - The Chase Continues' with Shahrukh Khan and 'Krrish 2' with Hrithik Roshan. Priyanka was crowned as Miss India in 2000 and subsequently won Miss World pageant in same year. Not a lot of people know that besides acting, she is a good singer and occasionally writes poetry and short stories.

DEEPIKA PADUKONE

TIMES MOST DESIRABLE WOMEN 2011

3 - DEEPIKA PADUKONE
Deepika Padukone (born January 5, 1986) is a model-turned-actress and is the daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Before the much talked about controversial item number in Rohan Sippy's 'Dum Maaro Dum' and films like Rohit Dhawan's 'Desi Boyz' as well as Prakash Jha's 'Aarakshan', Deepika made her Bollywood debut with Farah Khan's, 'Om Shanti Om' opposite superstar Shahrukh Khan.

KATRINA KAIF


KATRINA KAIF

This Britain Indian actress who enjoyed a popularity surge in the wake of the release of 'Rajneeti' in 2010, performed alongside Hrithik Roshan, in Zoya Akhtar's road adventure 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'. Her last release of 2011 was Yash Raj Films' 'Mere Brother Ki Dulhan' opposite Imran Khan and Ali Zafar. The film earned Kaif rave reviews for her portrayal of vivacious punk-rock girl Dimple Dixit.

KAREENA KAPOOR

KAREENA KAPOOR

India has voted and chosen the Times 50 Most Desirable Women of 2011. The 3.74 lakh votes received online on www.itimes.com/polls along with our vote decided the winners.

TIMES MOST DESIRABLE WOMEN 2011
1 - KAREENA KAPOOR
The year 2011 saw this Kapoor girl acting in Hindi remake of the 2010 Malayalam film 'Bodyguard', and then in a science fiction flick 'Ra.One' opposite Shahrukh Khan - a film that is identified for its amazing graphics and Akon's foot-tapping song 'Chammak Challo'. Kareena is scheduled to appear in Dharma Productions' 'Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu' alongside Imran Khan, as well as Sriram Raghavan's action-thriller 'Agent Vinod' opposite Saif Ali Khan.