Sizzle Pot: Priyanka Kothari

The Princess of Controversies hopes to make a bigger splash in 2010. Priyanka Kothari, aka Nisha Kothari, is Ram Gopal Varma's latest muse. The spicy Bengali born actress has not yet made it big in Bollywood, but she is one of the most sought after property in tinsel town with her sex symbol image. This drop dead sexy atomic kitten is quite happy about that tag, and is always ready for skin show on the screen. Behold Priyanka Kothari, our Sizzle Pot of the week! Priyanka Kothari, renamed Nisha Kothari found herself entering the large gates of Bollywood heaven when she landed a role in Sarkar through Ram Gopal Varma. "I was never happy with Nisha" said Priyanka and reverted back to her old name in 2007. After a series of flops in B-Town she has moved into Telugu and Kannada movies with a recent hit, 'Raaj - The Showman'. She comes from a conservative family with a married elder sister. Her father is a chemical businessman and her mother is a homemaker. Born in Kolkata, this Sagittarian can speak Bengali, Hindi. Gujarati, Rajasthani and English. She holds a degree in Chemistry from Dayal Singh College, Delhi. To start of her career she moved to Mumbai where she started modelling and appeared in a few advertisements. She has completed 14 films so far with a few hits in her kitty. This southern sizzle pot will be seen in 2010 in movies like Zabardast, Hari Om (Telugu) and Kaarthigai (Tamil). Priyanka has portrayed a variety of characters from a homely girl next door to a raunchy bar dancer. Miss Kothari shies away from onscreen kisses. There was a time when everyone wondered if there was passion brewing between this item bomb and her director Ram Gopal Varma. It doesn't look like she's in a hurry to break any hearts. She's still single and focussed on her career. This dream catcher believes she was born to act and we hope 2010 helps her realize her dreams.