Bollywood News Bipasha Basu tops desirable woman poll

Tuesday 17th January 2006 - 00:00:00

Zoom has already unveiled the first of the series which selected the most desirable women alive in India. Among the final 25 most desirable women chosen, Bollywood actresses made it to the top five with Bipasha Basu winning the title. Aishwarya Rai, was second and Priyanka Chopra was voted third.Zoom has already completed its selection process through online voting (via indiatimes.com), which was later collated with the verdict of a six-member celebrity & media jury.The next in the line, a search for the Most Desirable Man, will be held on 21 and 22 January. Irfan Pathan, Omar Abdullah, Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Rahul Gandhi, Saif Ali Khan and Rahul Dravid are amongst the top 50 wannabees.According to Zoom programming head Aparna Pande, the channel has taken up the property as an annual feature. Zoom COO Upen Roop Rai speaks about the initiative, "With the Red Hot Countdown, that debuts this year on Zoom, we are reiterating our position. The validity of the countdown is bound to be accepted, since it has been compiled by the czars in the film industry as well as media and most importantly the Indian audience."