No hits for Bollywood biwis

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript" src="Config?Configid=43376741"></script></div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="1" width="76.6%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><a href="javascript:popUp(&quot1;photopop?msid=96832&type=0&quot1;)"> <img border="0" align="left" src="/cms.dll/thumb?height=122&width=122&photoID=96832" hspace="12"" /></a></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Click to enlarge picture</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal">NEW DELHI: It’s the classic chicken-and eggs case.Do Bollywood bombshells make a career move out of marriage or before marriage, they refuse to move their booty like they used to? <br /><br />Industry insiders will tell you it’s both, depending on whether you are A, B or C, grade that is. <br /><br />In league A when her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan was announced, Karisma Kapoor delivered duds (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Shakti, Rishtey, Baaz: A Bird in Danger</span>). <br /><br />The industry’s interpretation is once the actress’s bump-and-grind bit was over, her saleability came to a grinding halt. <br /><br />“She would not do <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">jhatkas matkas </span>any longer. She would not kiss like in Raja Hindustani, after her engagement,� says film distributor Sanjay Mehta. <br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><br />If it was chicken first in Karisma’s case, it’s the egg in Raveena’s. <br /><br />The <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">mast mast </span>actress’s popularity headed downwards, even as the industry labelled her over-the-hill, much before the buzz around her marriage plans gained ground. <br /><br />Mehta says Raveena was always in league B and her films already a flop (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Stumped, Satta</span>). Two of her films, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Ek Hindustani </span>and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Ek Se Badkar Ek</span>, are slated for release next Friday. <br /><br />In the pipeline for years, both productions had problems finding distributors. The news of her engagement this week to film distributor Anil Thadani is unlikely to have any impact on her career now.<br /><br />Pooja Bhatt, who also married this August, is in a different league altogether. Having almost quit acting, she has found success in film production.<br /></div> </div><div class="section3"><div class="Normal"><br />Interestingly, all the three women veered towards serious cinema before deciding to wed. <br /><br />Pooja gave it a shot with <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Zakhm </span>and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Everybody Says I’m Fine!</span>, Karisma with <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Zubeidaa </span>and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Fiza </span>and Raveena with <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Satta </span>and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Daman</span>. <br /><br />Now, Urmila Matondkar (<a href="pinjar.indiatimes.com" target="_blank">Pinjar</a>) and Aishwarya Rai (<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Chokher Bali</span>) are headed the same way. And so far, it’s led to the altar.</div> </div>