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Sonal Chauhan, the hot Jannat girl, graces the front cover of The Man magazine this month as she relaunches her career in Bollywood. The former Miss World Tourism has been sharpening her acting skills in the south in Rainbow opposite Rahul and Cheluveye Ninna Nodalu with Shivraj Kumar. She was particularly pleased with the latter. "The first thing Raghu Ram, the director, told me was that a senior artist like Shivaraj Kumar had appreciated my performance in Jannat,” she says, “That was a very big compliment to me. Later when I heard the story of the film I felt very happy that the right opportunity had knocked at my doors.”

Now Sonal feels ready to hit B-town once again and is currently working on Owais Hussein’s Punjab 69 and is loving her transition from model to actress. “As a model, life is good but as an actor you live a...

Just as southern stars such as Asin, Genelia D’Souza, Anushka Sharma, Trisha and others are flying north the make their names in Bollywood, a host of Bollywood stars have been flying south in the last two years to gain greater exposure in Tollywood movies in an effort to develop their careers. “Tollywood films offer you a lot of exposure,” says Meenakshi Dixit, who appeared in Lifestyle with Nischal, “I’m looking for an outstanding role now.”

Newly-focussed Urvashi Sharma appeared in Three and has now signed up to a British film - The Bounty Hunter - and also Chai Garam with Govinda. In addition, former Miss India Tanya Vakil was in Dongala Bandi with Allari Naresh and twenty-five comedians. “Telugu films are colourful and full of dreams, and Tollywood welcomes newcomers with open arms," she explains.

Former Miss World Tourism and Philosophy graduate Sonal Chauhan popped up in Rainbow...