Playing the wrong girl is the fad

<div class="section1"><div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="58.1%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><a href="javascript:popUp(&quot1;/photopop/msid-97851,type-0.cms&quot1;)"> <img border="0" align="left" src="/thumb.cms?msid=97851&height=193&width=193" hspace="12" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Click to enlarge</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal">Now, even a Bollywood trend is red hot! Yes, the latest buzzword in the film industry is to play a screen prostitute.<br /><br />The obvious reasoning for this sudden rage is to blend in that one role the glam factor of a commercial flick and the expression quotient of an arty film. <br /><br />And it is not just Kareena <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Chameli</span> Kapoor. Suchitra Pillai played a sex worker in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II.</span> Manisha Koirala too became a member of the Market. Then there is Neha Dhupia, playing a prostitute in Deepak Shivdasani''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Julie.</span> </div> <div align="right" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="right" border="1" width="59.4%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><a href="javascript:popUp(&quot1;/photopop/msid-179422,type-0.cms&quot1;)"> <img border="0" align="left" src="/thumb.cms?msid=179422&height=273&width=273" hspace="12" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Click to enlarge</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />Now comes the interesting bit with Kalpana Lajmi making a film about a prostitute. Going by her impressive track record, almost everyone is ready to don the sex worker''s poise. <br /><br />The two actresses shortlisted are none other than Preity Zinta and Bipasha Basu. For Bips, it would be a first time while Preity has played a similar character in<span style="" font-style:="" italic=""> Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.</span><br /><br />And if you are still not convinced that playing prostitute is the in-thing, Aishwarya Rai herself is playing one in her first Hollywood venture <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Chaos</span>, alongside Meryl Streep.<br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">(pradg@indiatimes.com)</span></div> </div>