Ram Gopal Varma`s latest glossy gift to Bollywood, Antara Mali, has won rave reviews for her navel and nuances in his latest production Road. The daughter of glamour photographer Jagdish Mali, played the stark role of Kannu in Varma`s Company and proved to be a wonderful combination of the serious and the sensual.

With Road, the Mali maiden has shown that she is also about being `hip` and hep. But films are not that interest Antara alone. The girl is also heavily into tap dancing, yoga and singing. A music maniac, she freaks on lounge music, jazz and blues. Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatara, Alanis Morisette and Jimmy Hendrix are among her list of favourites. Creative pursuits make her a richer person and inevitably a richer performer, says the star thinker .