Pooja Hegde raises mercury levels in this BTS video for Femina | Pooja Hegde sizzles on Femina Cover

Our cover girl this time is model-turned-actor Pooja Hegde. She sizzles in a bikini, and looks drop-dead gorgeous on the cover. See her strut her way and pose with style in different swimsuits. We give you a sneak peek of what went into the making of this issue. The photo shoot was a splendid one with Pooja oozing confidence and looking stunning as ever in every look. We promise you, it doesn’t get hotter than this! Thanks to the growing popularity of crop tops, Indian girls are no longer shy of baring their midriff. However, it is still unlikely that a curvy woman would be comfortable sporting a bikini in a swimming pool in India, let alone a public beach. All we see in the name of beachwear are one-piece and ruffled-skirted suits. As a society, we still have a long way to go before we can look at the bikini as regular beachwear rather than a titillating outfit. In fact, recently when three Indian-origin women posted their bikini-clad picture on an image-sharing website, it was pulled down by the site, who cited it as 'objectionable content'. What made it worse was when men sent the women their nude pictures. Even other women asked the three to be ashamed of what they did. Ragini Shane, a communications executive, says she had a similar experience when she wore a bikini on the beach. She elaborates, "I'd gone to Goa with my friends. I'd presumed that it would be fine to wear a bikini there. But, I was dismayed when apart from men, even women were staring at us condescend