Fab or drab? Kamal Siddhu models beachwear on the runway

Sports Illustrated magazine launched its iconic annual Swimsuit Issue in Mumbai with a swimwear fashion show by designer Ambika Sanjana -- take a look.

Good two months after releasing its annual Swimsuit Issue, Sports Illustrated launched it in India with a beachwear fashion show by designer Ambika Sanjana's label biKa in Mumbai.

The theme of the line was... hold your breath... the 1947: Liberation, which would (if you could stretch your imagination considerably) explain the devnagri numbers on this firang model's bra!

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Those of a certain vintage would remember Kamal Siddhu making us sweat under our collars.

Does she have the same effect on you now too?

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That right there is the super-talented model Surelee Joseph presumably trying to keep a straight face having walked in one of Ambika Sanjana's (R) creations.

More about Surelee Joseph here

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Models, mostly foreigners, walked the runway in teensie-weensie bikinis.

And yes, that is indeed the rupee symbol on the bikini bottom.

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Designer Ambika Sanjana with her bevy of beauties and the model Nisha Harale (who didn't walk for the designer) at the end of the show.

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Also making an appearance at the show in a fairly unremarkable number was the former Miss India, Puja Gupta.

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The star of the evening was the tennis ace Leander Paes who is seen here with Piyush Sharma, the CEO of the company that publishes SI in India unveiling the cover and hopefully not trying to recreate their own version of it :-/