The Hottest Southie Siren Of 2008 Pictures

Nayantara

Nayanthara, undoubtedly, has been the hottest actress down South. She has had her presence felt in almost all the south Indian languages. Though the much hyped Rajni-starrer 'Kuselan', Ajit film 'Aegan' and Vishal flick 'Satyam' ('Salute' in Telugu) failed to enthuse the B.O., the Mallu siren's market remained buoyant.

Shriya

Shriya signed several Bollywood and Kollywood flms, this year. She has also acted in a Hollywood film, 'The Other End of the Line'. Her much hyped Hindi film, 'Mission Istanbul', was a colossal flop. The dare-bare actress is doing 'Kanthasami' opposite Vikram, 'Thoranai' with Vishal and 'Kadhir'.

Charmme

Charmme's Tamil flick, 'Laddam', has become a hit this year mainly due to her titillating songs. Its Telugu dubbed version, '16 Days' has also been successful. Her sizzling item song with Tarun in 'Bhale Dongalu' has been received very well. She will be making a special appearance in Nagarjuna's forthcoming movie, 'King'.

Ileana

Ileana was the female lead in 'Jalsa', one of the all-time hits in Telugu, opposite Power Star Pawan Kalyan. She was in the news for rejecting a role in Soundarya Rajnikanth's 'Sultan, the Warrior'.

Tamannaah

Tamannaah Bhatia is often referred to as the next big thing in South India. She already commands a huge fan following and has landed a few good offers from Bollywood.

Anushka Shetty
It has been a terrific year for Anushka Shetty. she was paired against almost all top stars in Tollywood, including Nagarjuna , Ravi Teja, Krishna, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Jagapathi Babu, Venkatesh and Gopichand.
Namitha

Namitha, the hottest of Southie glam dolls, has many reasons to rejoice, this year. She has the whole of South India dancing to her songs. A temple has been built in her name. And now, she has been featured (ninth) on a list of Top 10 most popular mobile search terms on the Net.

Mamtha

Mamtha has set the screens on fire in her latest Tollywood flick, 'Homam'. And the siren is aiming at Bollywood! She wants to be known as a "singing actress. I am an actress now and a singer forever."
PriyamaniSoon after she got the national award, Priyamani acted in an out and out masala film 'Malaikkottai'. She essayed many more glamorous roles, including the one in the Telugu superhit, 'Hare Ram'. She appears in a song for the Nagarjuna biggie, 'King'

RamyaFor the golden girl of Sandalwood (the Kannada film industry), year 2008 has been yet another joyride. She has worked with almost all the top stars of Kannada (Ganesh, Puneet Rajkumar, Sunil Rao, Sudeep, Murali, Aadithya, Upendra, Dhyan, Vijaya Raghvendra, Dharshan and Prem).