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``I have a hot body and don't mind showing it``

Monday 27 October 2014 | 9:43 AM

Manaara is an unusual name for a Bollywood actress and when the said lady also mentions that she is the first cousin of Priyanka Chopra, one gets more curious about this sexy lady who is making her debut in Bollywood with Anubhav Sinha’s Zid. When prodded further the actress admits that her original name was Barbie Handa but was rechristened by Director Anubhav Sinha to make her more ‘marketable’ in the industry. Apparently the director is a huge Madhuri Dixit fan and wanted Handa to have a name beginning with the letter ‘M’ and thus Barbie became Manaara (Greek for ‘something that shines’)!

The actress admits to the fact that having Priyanka as her cousin did help her in finding a footing in the industry but also quickly points out that she had to go through five rounds of audition before landing Zid. The actress also is quite blasé about the fact that she appears nude in the film’s poster and proudly says, "We are in 2014 and I can't be in a ghoonghat. If I wanted to be all covered, I'd do a saas-bahu serial. I have a hot body and I don't mind showing it,"She also insists that her famous cousin Priyanka was quite supportive of her decision stating, “Before the poster was shot, I called up Priyanka who was in Barcelona for a film. She told me to go for it, but ensure that it's done aesthetically and didn't look sleazy. I took her advice and am getting lots of compliments,"

Watch out Sunny Leone and Poonam Pandey, You girls are going to face some tough competition here!