Bollywood's Bold Debutantes: Katrina Kaif, Barbie Handa and Others [PHOTOS]

Bollywood follows a set a standards when it comes to showing bold scenes on the silver-screen. Many stars, even the established ones, have hit the limelight thanks their sensual roles. However, there's another category of actresses who made their debut with some dare to bare acts.

Here are a few actresses who had a rather bold debut.

Katrina Kaif

Kaizad Gustad's "Boom" tanked at the box office despite featuring three bold bombshells -- one being Ms Kaif. The actress' career skyrocked in such a way that very few people associate her with the movie now. Kaif herself regrets being part of the film "Boom" that is sometimes even referred to as a soft-porn by the viewers.

Barbie Handa

Priyanka Chopra's first cousin Barbie Handa rechristened as Manaara Chopra entered Bollywood recently with her film "Zid". The model-cum-actress did some real bold scenes with lead actor Karanvir Sharma in the film.

Sunny Leone

Sunny Leone shocked the film industry with Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller "Jism 2". Her performance gave a new meaning to 'sensuous'.

Mahie Gill

Mahie Gill began her career with Punjabi films and entered the Hindi film industry with a bang. She made her debut with "Dev D" as Paro with oodles of raw sex appeal. Gill continued giving bold performances in her successive films. She even won a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the role of a sex-starved Rani in "Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster".

Surveen Chawla

A famous face of the TV industry, Surveen Chawla, made her Bollywood debut with the film "Hate Story 2". The cute-looking actress of the TV serials surprised the audience with her raunchy role in the film opposite Jai Bhanushali.

Mallika Sherawat

Sex-siren Mallika Sherawat let the world know that she means business right when she entered Bollywood. The hot actress made history with the 17 kisses in her debut film "Khwahish".

Koena Mitra

"Musafir" brought out the wild and sensual avatar of Koena Mitra. Her debut film got her listed in for the dare-bare act.

Apart from those listed above, Poonam Pandey, Priyanka Chopra, Sherlyn Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Payal Rohatgi, Archana Puran Singh, Tisca Chopra, Veena Malik, and Sonali Raut too grabbed the headlines with their dare-bare act in their debut films.