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I personally wouldnt rank Vidya Balan along the Nadhiya prototype. Her sensuality also seems a hit-and-miss affair - the very homeliness adding a layer of sensualtiy that was discernible in Parineeta but not much otherwise when she is to be seen as a regular, 'maadern figar'. I am with kid_glove on ishqiya - epic fail.

And kid, it was me who brought in Smita Patil. Yes, she would have smoked out Ishqiya. Infact, I recently wrote about the power she wielded in her eyes and in her disposition. Hers is the kind of sensuality which is not attractive in the regular sense but I can imagine that she could shake even the most proud of men and run them around her fingers for breakfast. Smouldering is just a starting point to describer her sensualtiy.
Even in the most docile of her roles, it stood out - one of the reasons why Azmi could trump her in some of the roles.