When dare-bare act didn't help

B'wood's hottest women have tried their best to show skills with some skin show, but have not succeeded. Here's a look at instances when shedding clothes didn't help an actress or her career. Kareena Kapoor's size-zero figure in a bikini gernerated a lot of rave reviews for the actress. Her skin show in the movie alone was enough to guarantee a smashing opening for the star-studded 'Tashan', but the movie bombed despite all the efforts.

Endorsing the swimsuit bandwagon only seemed justifiable considering 'Blue' was mostly set underwater. As much as we dig Lara Dutta's hotness and her resolve to go all out for the treasure hunt caper, it didn't do anything for the actress or the movie.

Minissha Lamba decided to go for an image makeover after playing the role of demure diva in her movies like, 'Yahan', 'Bachana Aae Haseeno'. Then came a sexy diva taking a dip in the aqua blue seas wearing nothing more than a pristine white two-piece in 'Kidnap'. But, the movie again proved to be a damp squib sealing Minissha's sexy fate with it.

Rani Mukherjee's first ever bikini act in the movie 'Dil Bole Hadippa' had her fans drooling to her sexy moves and grooves. Following the herd was never her thing, but then a sliding career can make anyone desperate. Star's skimpy-show strategy in the steaming hot videos of the movie didn't work.

Amrita Rao tried to take a rather shortcut to success, but she failed. The actress tried her hands on bikini by getting into a sexy and bold avatar for the movie 'Shortkut: The Con is On' and needless to say the movie proved to be a dud at the box office.

Ameesha Patel with her toned up bod and all her baby fat slipped into tiny outfits to ooze oomph and win the hearts of her fans in the movie 'Thodaa Pyaar Thodaa Magic'. This was Kunal Kohli's worst film ever and By the way, Ms. Patel didn't succeed either.

Neha Dhupia created sensations with her dare-bare scenes for the movie 'Julie'. It proved disastrous, but Neha, sporting bare and minimum clothing became a sex symbol tag. Needless to say, 'Julie' is nothing more than a trivial reminder of Neha's bombshell beginnings.

If Antara Mali's intention was to do the 'Rangeela' act again, then she missed the bus completely. Instead of projecting Urmila Matondkar's sensuality, Antara ended up doing rather tacky and awkward moves in barely-there outfits for the movie 'Naach'