Sweet salaries for Indian ‘eye candy’ • 10.30.08
Many established Bollywood beauties have recently taking on a new role - posing in skimpy outfits for international magazines. The risque photo spreads are jacking up magazine sales and added some hefty amounts to the bank balances of various Indian divas.
So far, the list of foreign magazines seeking open-minded Indian models includes Vogue, Conde Nast, Harper’s Bazaar, Maxim, Hello, Rolling Stone, People, Housekeeping and Marie Claire.
Former Miss India winner Gul Panag recently posed in revealing black lingerie on the cover of the men’s magazine Maxim. She follows in the scantily clad footsteps of sub-continental starlets such as Neha Dhupia, Amrita Arora, Deepika Padukone, Shreya
Saran, Minissha Lamba, Mallika Sherawat, Amisha Patel, Shilpa Shetty and Soha Ali Khan.
Needless to say, Gul Panag, like the others, worked out endlessly, stuck to a strict diet and reduced herself to the coveted “size zero” to fit into the perfect bikini and hot pants.
A few days ago, a foreign model walking in the DFW had said that she loved the Indian models.
UTV has had a dream year in 2008 with all its releases performing exceptionally well at the box office. Right from blockbusters like ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, ‘Race’ and ‘Kismat Konnection’ to small and medium budget films like ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ (overseas release),’Aamir’, ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’, ‘A Wednesday’ and ‘Welcome To Sajjanpur’, critics and audiences have reacted with enthusiasm to every release from the UTV stable.
