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We love our white-skinned babes. Whether making those sexy moves behind the hero in a song or mouthing a few lines in actual scenes, Bollywood loves to have international faces around.

While most of them are dancers mostly from East Europe and UK and tourists from downtown Mumbai, there are some small-time names which have featured in the credit rolls, hyped up to pull in the crowds.

It's a different matter that once they fly out of India they are forgotten like last night's news.

But producers are slowly looking at justifying their presence in our films. Lately the most prominent faces have been Barbara Mori in Kites and Denise Richards who will be seen opposite Akshay Kumar in Kambakth Ishq.

Alice Patten :

The Videsi factor : Now this one's no pin up model. Alice Patten, daughter of former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten has been a part of the Hamlet stage adaptation.

She is currently cast in the BBC Mini Series Heroes and Villains.

Her Indian summer : As the British filmmaker Su, who ignites the patriotic spirit in Aamir Khan and co, Alice had a meaty part in the film Rang De Basanti .

Thankfully, she was allowed to keep her accent natural so neither the Hindi nor the English seemed forced. And as an added bonus for working in an Aamir Khan project, she even gets to smooch the star. Don't remember? Go back to your DVD collection.

Shannon Esra :

The Videsi factor : The South African actress is a promising face on the local theatre & TV circuit. She is currently part of the award winning South African TVseries Hard Copy in which she plays an entertainment reporter

Her Indian summer : Shannon starred opposite Govinda in Nikhil Advani's Salaam E Ishq. The few, who have seen the film, will vouch for her natural portrayal of a Canadian tourist who's come looking for her boyfriend in Rajasthan.

Surprisingly she fit quite well into the Bollywood groove. Watch her screaming out the choicest of Punjabi abuses in the climax scene or dancing with Chi Chi in a ghagra-choli.

Even co-stars Priyanka Chopra and Ayesha Takia could take a few acting lessons from Shannon.

Brande Rodericks :

The Videsi factor : The former Playmate got her big break in the international smash hit Baywatch, where she played Leigh Dyer. And in 2001 Playboy named her as the 'Playmate of the Year'.

She's done parts in films like The Nanny Diaries, but Playboy remains her claim to fame.

Her Indian summer :Vashu Bhagnani must be a big Baywatch fan – Maybe that's why he actually bet crores on a romantic comedy Out Of Control starring Riteish Deshmukh and Rodericks.

Playing a stripper must have come naturally to Brande - But for how long can you suffer a blonde saying 'Namaste' and 'I Love Bollywood' in every second line?

Tania Zaetta :

The Videsi factor : Another Baywatch beauty caught the fancy of our Bollywood big daddies. Tania's biggest claim to fame is hosting the reality show Who Dares Wins on Channel 7.

Now the film offers seem to have dried up in all continents, but Tania manages to stay in the news through her real life adventures such as the Afghanistan Military Base controversy.

Her Indian summer :Tania was cast in not one but two Yash Raj projects. No mean achievement, considering most of our leading ladies can't claim to have such an average.

In both Bunty Aur Babli and Salaam Namaste she was cast as a dumb blonde to provide the laughs. Her most recent tryst with Bollywood was the disastrous comedy Mr. Black Mr. White.