Gone are the days when actresses like Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Asha Parekh and Jaya Bachchan were the queens of millions of hearts. There was a time when Dhak-dhak girl Madhuri Dixit, black beauty Kajol and Rani Mukherjee ruled the roost. Kajol was not conventionally good looking, yet she is remembered for her superb acting and simplicity.

There was also a time when every era had a top actress, the basis of which were their acting skills, great looks and popularity. From their being natural to their mind blowing acting and charismatic beauty...gosh! those heroines were amazing. They used to perform variety of roles, different shades of characters. It was the time when these beauties were admired by all and held the number one position and ruled Bollywood for many years.

Well, that was then. Just one question. Can you name an actress from Bollywood, who could be called as the number one actress or the top actress? Who rules the roost at present? Well, I think no one. Today we have actresses like Mallika Sherawat, Rakhi Sawant, Katrina Kaif, Celina Jaitley, Kareena Kapoor, Lara Dutta...so on and so forth. Can you name an actress who can be compared with the yesteryear beauties? Well, the answer is a big NO.

Nowadays, the criteria for being famous and popular has changed. Yesteryears actresses used to be popular because of their natural beauty, outstanding acting skill and mind-blowing performances, but today the Tinsel Town beauties become popular either because of some publicity stunts, dramas, nudity and vulgarity. Yes, they are glamourous and extremely beautiful but still can't be compared with those great actresses.

There is a kind of inverse relationship between the dresses of today's actresses and their popularity. The popularity graph goes like this – it goes higher and higher with deeper necklines. Actresses who wear bikinis, involve themselves in nudity or vulgarity, tops the chart of popularity. Today, an actress is tagged as 'Bikini Babe', 'Queen of controversies', 'Drama queen', Bikini Biryaani...Tut...tut! It sounds so cheap. Most of the B'town actresses follow this simple funda – involve yourself in a controversy, and you'll become famous...bigger the controversy, the more famous you will become.

Well! I just wonder – Jaane kahan gaye wo din...?