Mumbai youngsters pick their favourite bikini babe in Bollywood

Alia Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri and Katrina Kaif

Actressses sporting a bikini is no longer frowned upon. In fact, it has become de rigueur to have the heroine step out of the pool or walk by the beach in a two-piece swimwear.

Also read: Worked hard for the bikini scene in 'Shaandaar': Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt had done it in her debut film, 'Student Of The Year' (2012) and she has done it again - in 'Shaandaar'. The upcoming film's trailer was released on Tuesday and the young actress was seen in a pink bikini, taking a stroll on the beach.

Alia Bhatt dons a bikini for her next film 'Shaandaar'

Alia underwent an intense training session and was on a strict diet to look sexy. "I worked very hard for a bikini body. Shahid (Kapoor) and I used to train together in the gym. I also followed a strict diet to get a bikini body," she was quoted as saying.

While her bikini shots have received mixed reaction on various platforms, it has also led to comparisons with her contemporaries who have donned the two-piece swimwear in recent films. hitlist asked a few youngsters to vote for their favourite bikini babe in Bollywood...

Sonam Kapoor in 'Bewakoofiyaan' (2014)

Nargis Fakhri in 'Main Tera Hero' (2013)

Deepika Padukone in 'Cocktail' (2012)

Voices
Shreya Agarwal, 20, student

It's got to be Alia Bhatt. She's my age and made me want to join the gym with that bikini shot in Shaandaar.

Aditya Singh Rajput, 28, actor

Alia Bhatt looks cute and a bikini adds a subtle sexy edge to her persona which I find appealing.

Akira Merve, 20, student

I would choose Katrina Kaif in Bang Bang because looked breathtakingly beautiful in the bikini scene.

Sabeena Rangeela, 29, stylist

I dig Deepika Padukone's bikini look in Cocktail. Her style is truly international.

Vikrant Kaushik, 27, entrepreneur

No one has ever looked as perfect as Nargis Fakhri in a two-piece swimwear. She looked effortless and not at all conscious about donning it.

Jhanvi Kulkarni Sonavne, 27, architect

It is undoubtedly Katrina Kaif's neon orange monokini in Bang Bang. As it is, she looks sizzling hot all the time.

Yasmin Singh, 27, sales executive

Sonam Kapoor is known to be a clothes horse and by sporting a bikini in Beswakoofiyaan, she proved that she looks great in a risqué avatar too.

Vivek Salain, 25, sales executive

Deepika Padukone carried herself really well in Cocktail; none of her contemporaries have done as much justice to a bikini.

Harsh Parekh, 28, creative producer

Deepika Padukone takes home the trophy while Nargis Fakhri comes a close second because we keep seeing the latter's bikini pictures often and so, there is not much freshness about it.

Wilson Pareira, 29, social media manager

Nargis Fakhri is sizzling, comes with a package, is not too fair, not muscular, not as tall as a coconut tree. She is perfection personified.

Abhishek Dutta, 26, social media manager

Alia Bhatt is the winner hands down. She has that mass youth connect as she is not the perfect bikini babe that we can only dream of. When I saw her in the bikini, I could imagine that my girlfriend would look sexy in a two-piece too.

Priya James, 23, student

We have heard about Sonam Kapoor's battle with weight in her younger days and she showed us how well-toned her body is by strutting her stuff in a two-piece.