Oh, we've had the occasional stars - like the brilliant Tom Alter or the infinitely forgettable Negar Khan - but never a face that launched a thousand films, or at least item songs.
That is, until Yaana (the erstwhile Yana Gupta) rode into people's hearts on a buffalo in her Babuji number.
Text: Surya Praphulla Kumar
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