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Last year, supermodel Deepika Padukone set the screen on fire in Om Shanti Om. This year, it'll only get better, with more and more models turning towards Bollywood. We take a look at the top five models making their hottest screen debuts in 2008.

Mughda Godse Madhur Bhandarkar's discovery, Mughda, turns bold in his upcoming film, Fashion. Fashion, an expose into the glamorous but dark side of the modelling industry, is the last of Bhandarkar's triology, after Chandni Bar and Corporate. After ruling the fashion industry, Mughda tries her hand at acting in Fashion, which also stars Priyanka Chopra and Kangna Ranaut

Niharika Singh
Niharika is no stranger to fame. At the age of 21, she won the Ponds Femina Miss India Earth pageant.
She is now debuting opposite Himesh Reshammiya in John Matthew Mathan's A Love Iiisshtory. Not only that, Himesh has also decided to cast Niharika in his upcoming film, Mudh Mudh Ke Na Dekh Mudh Mudh Ke.
The young star is preparing fiercely, taking acting classes from theatre guru Barry John, as she has never acted before.

Sheetal Menon
Model Sheetal Menon will kickstart her film career in Pavan Kaul's thriller, Bhram. The cast also includes Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Simone Singh and Chetan Hansraj.
Sheetal has been a Kingfisher calendar gal, appeared in music videos and also done quite a few advertisements. In Bhram, she plays a struggling model, who falls in love with a suave entrepreneur (played by Dino).

Sonal Chauhan
Paired opposite Emraan Hashmi, Sonal replaced Esha Deol in Kunal Deshmukh's Jannat.
A model and an ex-Miss India beauty pageant contestant, Sonal was crowned the Miss World Tourism 2005 in Malaysia.
Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Jannat will be Sonal's first big screen experience.