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Indian American beauty Padma Lakshmi has stripped down to her birthday suit for the world to see.

Padma Lakshmi has declared her love for the naked form, saying: "I like me better naked."

Lakshmi Menon, the sultry babe from Bangalore, has become the first Indian model to feature in the world renowned Pirelli Calendar.

Yesteryears' dancing queen Helen, Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, action star Akshay Kumar and music maestro Hridyanath Mangeshkar are among those named for this year's Padma Shri awards.

Aishwarya Rai’s daddy-in-law Amitabh Bachchan seems to be riding high since the day dearest daughter-in-law was bestowed with the honourable ‘Padma Shri’ award by the Government of India.

Sexy Lakshmi Roy, who is better known as Indian Cricket captain M.S.Dhoni’s girfriend, is coming back to Tollywood. Buzz is that she has been finalized as one of the heroines opposite Ravi Teja for director Krishnavamsi’s film. The movie will go to the sets in August and the producer Bellamkonda Suresh has roped in this beauty for the film.

After doing just two Telugu films Kanchanamala Cable TV (2005) and Neeku Naaku (2006) in the early stage of her career, model-turned-actress Lakshmi Rai has literally vanished from Tollywood to focus more on neighbouring industries where she proved to be a successful heroine, especially in Malayalam!

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is understood to have been selected for the "Padma Bhushan" award on the occasion of 60th Republic Day.

Indians Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal figured among world's top ten billionaires as Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu beat Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth.