Gone are the days when sarees hid flabby tummies in Bollywood. The new mantra is ‘fit and flat‘. The Gen X of Bolly-beauties is shedding the flab and flaunting the midriff. Check out the ‘flattest belles‘ of Bollywood as ranked by the Times of India.

Urmila Matondkar: Petite, shapely and simply gorgeous, that‘s how you describe the highly talented actress, Urmila Matondkar. In this long list of tall beauties Urmi is the only one who even at 5‘4" manages to have curves to die for. She has a great flat belly and a belly button to match.

Antara Mali is as petite as Urmila. She has a great body that she didn‘t mind exposing in films like Road and Naach. She has a sexy midriff with a washboard tummy and a slim waist. Ideal candidate to wear short tops and bikinis.

Shilpa Shetty boasts of a ten-on-ten figure and the best part of her scorching hot body is her flat midriff. The vast expanse of her tummy supported by an hourglass figure makes her every dieter‘s role model. She has spent 10 years in Bollywood but she can still give most of the younger lot a run for their money. Her height maybe a deterrent in Bollywood ruled by short heroes but it makes her body look svelte and sexy earning her those sexy item songs. She looks a million bucks on short low-waist skirts with tie tops and clingy sarees. Shilpa‘s body is to die for!

Esha Deol: She is a classic case of ‘gawky turned gorgeous‘. Exposing was a complete no-no for Esha as she has a conservative set of actor parents, Dhamendra and Hema Malini. But the movie ‘Dhoom" saw a bronzed butterfly emerging from her cocoon. A new and gym improved Esha exposed her hot navel to the world and the ‘nice girl‘ tag went flying out of the window. She has one of the flattest, toned tummies that she proudly displayed in her ‘Dhoom machale‘ song from Dhoom.

Bipasha Basu: Recently, when the posters for the movie Barsaat were splashed all over Bombay , men women and children all gaped. The object of this mass admiration was a certain siren that goes by the name of Bipasha Basu. Bips had gone all thunder thighs and flabby once she entered films, but this year saw a totally revamped seductress making the men go weak-kneed. Bipasha now has a newfound slim, taut, well-shaped body and a flat tummy that makes her absolutely ravishing in short tops and low waisters.

Mallika Sherawat: Infamous for the 17 kisses in her first film, Mallika Sherawat possesses one of the sexiest bods with the deadliest curves in Bollywood. After the obviously sexy bust, her next best feature is her midriff with a sexy navel. Her smouldering looks and a dare bare attitude makes her reigning sex symbol of Bollywood.

Priyanka Chopra: All of 22, this ex-Miss World has a curvaceous body and a slim and sexy tummy that she doesn‘t mind flaunting. Priyanka‘s tall frame perfectly showcases her flat abs. She looks good in whatever she wears and it‘s thanks to her great body that she is already giving some of the top heroines a run for their money.

Celina Jaitley has just hired a body guard after a pervert misbehaved with her in an outdoor location in Mauritius. She sealed her sex-bomb status when she wore a bikini and played a violin in waist-deep water in her debut movie Janasheen. Celina, again a Femina Miss India product, has a great figure with her tummy boasting on a fit and flat tag. She has a great midriff and she absolutely has no hang-ups flaunting it.

Sushmita Sen: One of the most sophisticated babes in Bollywood, Sushmita did India proud with her Miss Universe crown almost a decade back. Initially a bit too lanky for Bollywood, the never-say-die Sen enhanced her assets and came back to wow the audiences. Now, Sen has a sculpted, near-perfect frame and she carries it with a lotta sass. It won‘t be an exaggeration to say that her best part is her flat tummy. She looks gorgeous in Indian outfits that give body to her lower part.

Koena Mitra: Another tall and sexy Bollywood girl, Koena looked ravishing in the Saqi saqi number. She‘s lean, has a flat stomach and no flab at all anywhere on her curvaceous body. Thanks to this, she doesn‘t look vulgar even in the tiniest of clothes that she wears for her films. Her height makes her waist and abdomen look like a beautiful vast expanse.

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