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Beautiful brawn - south Indian cinema's new mantra

The south Indian film industry has discovered a new commercial formula in the form of heroine-oriented action films. While glamorous Sneha and Namitha are playing policewomen in Telugu films 'Bhavani IPS' and 'Deshadrohi' respectively, multilingual actress Asin has been cast as a martial arts exponent in a Tamil-English bilingual '19 Steps'.11:31 AM on May 02