Poll: Which Indian beauty looks best in a gown?

Is it Katrina, Deepika, Sonam? Tell us who you think makes the cut!

Evening gowns have been building into the hottest red carpet trend this past year and our glamorous Indian divas are fast replacing their saris at social dos with ankle-skimming ensembles. Who wears the style best? Take our poll and let us know!

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Ash may well be called the Indian pioneer of the evening gown, even if her preference for it has been somewhat coincidental.

After she turned up at the Cannes Film Festival for the first time in 2003 wearing Indian outfits by Neeta Lulla, her wardrobe was so severely panned that ever since, it's been mostly haute couture Western wear on the international red carpet for the lovely Mrs Bachchan.

She's been donning gowns for awhile now, long before her Indian counterparts, but do you think she carries them off to perfection? Take a look at the competition first.

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Where Ash failed, Dippy triumphed. She wore a beautiful sari to Cannes this year, carrying it off to perfection. In fact, with her lithe model's build, Dippy can pretty much carry off anything to perfection.

But do full-length numbers suit her or is she better off in flirty little cocktails at her age?

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Hmmm. If you had any ideas that a dress from neck to toe could help our sexy sirens cover up, think again!

Bollywood newbie Jacqueline successfully showed off a lot of leg in her emerald green ensemble at the IIFA Awards this month, but who's complaining?

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Her sense of style is talked of far more than her work as an actress, but you can't deny that Sonam Kapoor is a fashion icon, through and through. She can look the quintessential doe-eyed beauty in ethnicwear and then, suddenly, bam! A look that could be straight off a Parisian runway.

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Kat has a thing for evening gowns, especially the one you see in this pic -- she actually wore it twice, to two separate social dos, a big no-no when you're rich and famous.

But then looking the way she does in ravishing red, can you blame her?

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Also creating a great impression at the IIFAs this year was Kangana in her Manav Gangwani outfit, a shimmering, plunging number that would score major brownie points on any red carpet.

But then looking the way she does in ravishing red, can you blame her?

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They say that gowns are not for the petite (they only make you look shorter), but then have they ever seen Malaika in one?

The diminutive Mrs Khan has impeccable taste, so it's only natural that she'd latch on to the latest trend and make her mark. She donned this particular number as showstopper for designer Mandira Wirk at the Lakme Fashion Week last September.

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The Bong beauty and her super-toned bod are right at home in pretty much anything she wears.

But Bipasha is known to prefer going the unconventional route with her wardrobe, so it's not surprising that when she does pick a floor-sweeping number to grace an event, it's decidedly different from anything else you'll see there.

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On the other hand, we were very suprised -- floored, in fact -- to see the very conventional Miss Mukherji at the Toronto premiere of her movie Dil Bole Hadippa a few months ago in a deep fuschia gown!

What do you make of Rani's 'off with the old, on with the new' attitude?

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This particular dare-to-bare dress of Sophie's managed to create quite a stir a couple of weeks ago. She's probably decided that since she can't make waves in the movie industry, she'll make them on the red carpet, decked out in sizzling designerwear!

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Like Malaika, Minissha is on the more -- er -- 'vertically challenged' side of things.

Earlier this year, though, she made like a Hollywood star at an event, wearing this navy blue one-shouldered ensemble, complete with diamond earrings for effect.

Hit or miss? You decide.

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Mumbai-based socialite Queenie is known to be quite the fashion plate, donning a different outfit for each showing at fashion week!

Of course, she looks fantastic for her age and can actually carry off cut-away numbers like this one. Or would she look better in a sari?

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We think Neha's super-stylish. Sure, she may not be as famous as some of the other glamour gals on this list, but you can never accuse her of not being well turned out.

This is one of her more recent red carpet outfits -- think it does her justice?

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Sush is as straightforward as they come and with her bindaas attitude, is often seen out and about in styles that are not, well, forgiving.

But you can rarely go wrong with an all-black classic, so this time around it looks like a hit, what say?

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And finally, we come to Hrithik's lovely wife, all a-glimmer at a recent awards ceremony.

Hey, star wives have a lot of class too, but does she fare as well as the leading ladies?

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So which of these gorgeous women do you think looks best in an evening gown on the red carpet? Take the poll and let us know!