Iranian beauty Mandana Karimi makes Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhatt's Bhaag Johnny

It’s for long since the days of Madhubala and Meena Kumari that it has been proved that beauty and Bollywood go hand in hand. Be it Sharmila Tagore, Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi, Aishwarya Rai or Katrina Kaif, they’ve all impressed us by their looks before their talent came out to the fore. Now, joining the list of the industry’s most gorgeous new faces is Iranian stunner Mandana Karimi. The lady is currently working in Vikram Bhatt’s forthcoming film Bhaag Johnny as the female lead opposite Kunal Khemu and Zoa Morani. Born to an Indian father and an Iranian mother, Mandana grew up in Tehran, before globetrotting and landing in India and being discovered by Vikram Bhatt. Though she is beautiful, but the actress in her is more concerned about versatility. “I don’t want to be known just for my looks,” she quips. “I’m ready to experiment with roles from everything cliché to bizarre. My aim is to enact varied characters with all kinds of shades,” Mandana adds. Before walking into films, Mandana has also walked the ramp for many fashion designers like JJ Valaya, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, Rohit Bal, Anna Singh, Satya Paul and has even done an advertisement for Royal Stag with Shah Rukh Khan and another one for Sony Ericsson with Kareena Kapoor. With such kind of repertoire, Mandana sure makes an interesting debutante to watch out for!!!