Tanushree Dutta in a sexy new avatar

Tanushree Dutta is looking super-hot these days. The actress had taken a break after the release of ‘Saas, Bahu aur Sensex’ but she is back with a bang and is all set to rock the screen with much improved sensuous looks.

Tanushree has been following a good routine and has become more conscious about her health and figure. The actress is also working on her good looks and has become very choosy about her attire. Size-zero is a complete no-no for the actress. But the actress is lost a lot of weight of late.

Ironically, Tanushree, who is famous for exposing onscreen, believes that there is more appeal in hiding than showing skin. “For me to pose in front of a camera and wear a particular kind of outfit, I have to tread the path carefully. An inch here or there and you end up crossing the fine line between being sexy and vulgar. Moreover, as the adage goes, there is more appeal in hiding than showing skin!” she said.

Tanushree Dutta Hot Scans from Maxim February 2009 Edition

Tanushree Dutta sizzels on The Cover of Maxim

Tanushree Dutta is hot, and she has proved it recently. The Chocolate actress is the latest maxim cover girl and her sexy avatars are sure to catch a lot of eyes. She has definitely worked on her looks and looking a lot sexier and steamier in this particular shoot.

In an all exclusive Valentine Month she discloses the ideal way she would like to spend the Valentine's Day. She says “I would like to be surprised; the ideal way would be a day starting with a really beautiful bouquet of red roses in the morning, with small little thoughtful gifts throughout the day, leading up to a really nice candle light dinner in a private open air dinning area, overlooking the sea."

She also talks about her upcoming projects one of which is Rama -- The Saviour slated for release very soon in which one can expect to see very different side of Tanushree.

So just wait and watch the new and Improved Tanushree Dutta

Tanuhree looks Hot and Sensuous in Red

Blessing in Disguise for Tanu

She has made headlines more for the many controversies she has been mired in – from the man slapping episode at an event in Bangalore, the Nana Patekar sexual harassment issue or the alleged spat with Shona Urvashi, producer-director of Saas Bahu Aur Sensex – than her films. But looks like these untoward incidents have proved a blessing in disguise for Tanushree Dutta. Especially the Nana incident on the sets of Horn Ok Please, after which the actress has been inundated with film offers, despite the 'unprofessional' image it got her.

"Incidentally, after that episode I have been getting a lot of offers. In fact, after that the number of offers has actually doubled up for some strange reason," says Tanushree gleefully. But as they say, once bitten twice shy, the actress has been taking it real slow this time around. "I have turned down many an offer that has come my way. That's because I have suddenly caught a phobia for all these new people. If today I have to sign a movie I would definitely do it with an acclaimed director, producer or an actor. Because, when even after working so hard such things happen, I just feel I'd rather be a glorified wall flower in a big movie and work peacefully than work with small-time directors," says she. But the actress agrees that the offers do signal something positive. "The industry did support me in that way. I thought that people might take calls based on other people's decisions but the truth is that there are people who have worked me before and, thankfully, they did not pay heed to these rumours. I signed an offer right after a week after that incident!" she reveals.

Surely Tanu has moved on to better things and says that she has become stronger thanks to the negative phase. "I am looking at better things now. I have stopped thinking what people say about me. You care till a time you are worried, when you are not doing anything…and for the first time someone calls you a villain, you feel bad. You try hard too hard to prove that you are not like that. But it happens again and again and at a point you get immune. Now it does not matter to me," she says, matter-of-factly.

Though she does admit that she had veered away from films a bit due to personal reasons. "I may have become lax in between but I had my reasons for it. There were a lot of things happening in my personal life and I decided to give those the priority. Now my focus is back on my career," signs off the Bong actress.

High Drama on the sets of “Horn Ok Please”

Apparently, the shooting was stalled when Tanushree Dutta, who was to do an item number, allegedly refused to perform with the film's lead, Nana Patekar .This enraged the producer, Sami Siddiqui, so much that he cancelled the shooting, and he ousted Tanushree from the film.

The actress will now be replaced by Rakhi Sawant. The song will be shot this afternoon. The incident blew out of proportion when Tanushree refused to come out of her vanity van, thus delaying the shoot for over two hours. Irked by Tanushree's unprofessionalism, the producer cancelled the shoot.

While the reason for Tanushree's behaviour is unknown, a Mumbai tabloid has hinted that the actress' skimpy outfit was the cause of the spat. Apparently, a unit member made a lewd remark, which upset the actress. What added salt to injury was Nana Patekar's remark, which implied that the actress should have known better than to appear for the shoot, uncovered.

Horn Ok Please is directed by Rakesh Sarang, and also stars Muzzamil Ibrahim and Rimi Sen.

Sushmita Sen rocks Tanushree Dutta's B'Day Party

Sushmita Sen took centre-stage last night at Tanushree Dutta’s birthday bash at a five star suburban hotel. She had invited close friends like Pooja Bedi and Hanif, Sonu Sood, Kunal Dasgupta (of Sony TV), Bobby Darling and Koena Mitra. The theme of the party was black and bling which most of them took seriously. But the person who took everyone’s breath was Sushmita Sen who walked in with Mudassar Aziz. Sush looked stunning in a black dress. For the rest of the evening she played anchor. Taking her role seriously, she announced that Bengali would be the official language at the party.

As the evening progressed she took over completely and came up with an engaging game that put all revellers on their toes. The game - ‘One to Eleven’ - required players to write numbers 1 to 11 and against each number they had to write the name of a person or a song they liked. That done, Sush read out each list and explained what the number and the name against it stood for.

That also revealed the equation that person had with the player. What followed was some revelation of best kept secrets.

Tanushree, for some reason, was very curious about what her parents had written. Interestingly, Koena had written the same name against no.3 and no.7 which meant she loved the person but would never get married to him.

Later Sush, while complimenting actor Sonu Sood for his performance in Jodhaa Akbar, asked him if he was available for her period film.