'The highlight of Housefull is not the bikini'

Her decision to don a bikini in Housefull has won her legions of fans but Deepika Padukone says she is taken aback by the attention the short sequence is receiving.

The leggy beauty will be seen strutting her stuff on an Italian beach with her co-stars Lara Dutta, Jiah Khan, Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh in Housefull, but she says there is more to the film than just bikinis.

"When you are shooting on a beach in Italy, you have to look sexy. However, the highlight of the film is not the bikini here. I remember people making a big deal about Priyanka (Chopra) wearing a swimsuit in Dostana but we know that the film was a lot more than that," Deepika told PTI.

The actress, who has paired up once again with Akshay a year after the Chandni Chowk To China debacle, has no qualms about wearing a bikini, if the script demands so.

'"All the advertising is fine as long as everyone related to the film is aware about the real intent. On the same lines in Housefull too, we girls appear in bikinis for a while but the film moves on. The focus is not skin show. But then when some people think so, it takes away the credibility of the director," said Padukone.

Amritha Rao’s ‘Short Kut’ to fame with bikini

Amrith Rao is now all set to jump on to the bikini bandwagon. Amritha Rao has been around for some time but she did not have big success. She even acted in the Telugu film Athidhi with prince Mahesh Babu as hero. The film did not do well and Amritha did not bag any new offers in Telugu after that.

Amritha’s films in Hindi also did not bring in the desired results. She is now determined to shed her conservative image and try and become a hot actress. She is sporting a bikini in her new film ‘Short Kut’. The film stars Akshay Khanna and Arshad Warsi in the lead roles. The film is produced by Anil Kapoor and directed by Neeraj Vohra.

Let us see if the bikini can help Amritha to make it big in Bollywood. Short Kut will hit the screens on July 10.