began to make the rounds. Waiting for the dream project to come her way—several movies were being contemplated—the young lass decided to invest her time in pursuing her hobbies. Narmmadaa took off to London to complete a course in gemology, fashion designing and makeup. She has also done a course in acting at the London Film Institute and Kishore Namit Kapoor Institute before finally zeroing in on Second Hand Husband that sees her sharing screen space with Dharmedra and Punjabi heartthrob Gippy Grewal. A firm believer in numerology, the actor who was christened Narmada changed the spelling of her name to Narmmadaa to begin, what we believe would be an eventful innings in Bollywood.

A beautiful act – Pooja Hegde

The second runner-up at the Miss Universe India competition in2010, Pooja Hegde has already made her mark in the Tamil and Telugu industry with films such as Mugamoodi and Oka Laila Kosam. Hegde, who has participated in various dance and fashion competitions in her college days and was also nominated for the best debut in Mugamoodi, has bagged a role opposite Hrithik Roshan in Ashutosh Gowariker’s period drama Mohenjo Daro. Prepping for her role in her debut Hindi film, the pretty actress has been training in various dance forms. Chhabra who was also keen to cast her for a film, says, “She is very pretty and comes from a film background, so she acts well, but needs to work on her Hindi.”

Poster girl – Saiyami Kher

Saiyami Kher’s foray into the glamour world was as a Kingfisher Swimsuit