Bollywood stars Urmila Matondkar, Shilpa Shetty, Milind Soman and Dino Morea wowed the Pakistani audience as they modelled outfits by Indian designers at a Lux carnival in Karachi.

The works of top Indian designers, including Manish Malhotra and Tarun Tahiliani, were displayed at the annual Lux Carnival de Couture in Karachi Saturday evening.

Pakistan's own fashion tycoon Rizwan Beyg displayed some of his best works, Daily Times reported.

Urmila Matondkar said that Pakistani and Indian actors have been trying arduously to bring the two countries closer, but she said bureaucracies of the two countries were "a major hindrance" in their efforts.

She said this should not mean that attempts to create harmony and brotherhood between the two countries should stop.

Shilpa praised the local cuisine and said that both countries should always remain friends, the newspaper quoted her as saying.