Namitha tops in South

Namitha gets the 2008 top position in Google. Sexy Namitha (aka Namitha Vankawala) has emerged as the topmost south Indian actress in Google's 2008 India's Top Searches on Mobile list. She beat down her competitors like Shriya Saran, Trisha and Nayanthara who are also quite popular in the south, but apparently don't expose as much as Namitha does on and off screen. In Google's top search list, only two Indian actresses are listed – Katrina Kaif at number six and Namitha at number 9.

Incidently Her only Bollywood film till date has been an adult comedy Love Ke Chakkar Mein (2006), also starring Rishi Kapoor.


The hottie Namitha had won the Miss Surat crown in 2000. She stood fourth in the Miss India Competition in 2001, the same year when Celina Jaitley won the crown. Instead of trying her luck in Bollywood, Namitha migrated to the south. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films and is famous for her daring s-exposure in all of them.

Navneeth Kaur coming to Malluwood

The superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal are finding it extremely difficult to get heroines for their commercial potboilers. Now agents of the superstars are scouting for North Indian girls with some kind of Malayalee features to play their leading lady. The latest entrant is Navneeth Kaur, a Punjabi lass.

Navneeth, who had done some music videos in Mumbai, came down to Hyderabad and did a few small Telugu films, and also anchored a television show. She also did Arasangam with Vijaykanth in Tamil, which was a hit. Now, the lass is paired opposite Mammootty in a film that has been tentatively titled Love in Bangkok.

Says Navneeth, “It’s a great honour to be paired opposite a great actor like Mammootty. I’m open to more roles in Malayalam films.” The buzz is that she is now being considered for one of Mohanlal’s forthcoming ventures. If all goes well. this punjabi kudi from Ludhiana may be next big mallu kutty in Kerala!