Tanushree Dutta is hot, and she knows it too. The Chocolate actress, who posed for the latest issue of Maxim told the magazine why 2009 is her year. Excerpts:

Tell us what other sexy avatars of you can we expect to see in the New Year other than this one?
There is Rama -- The Saviour slated for release very soon. It's an adventure flick in which you guys will see a very different side of me, and I can promise that you would definitely see a lot more of me in 2009.

Aha! Is that right? Considering the fact that you have been on Maxim earlier and are appearing again, what has changed since then?
(Smiles) A lot! Somewhere deep down, I am still the same person but I have also become more aggressive towards life and work. And I'm sure I am looking a lot sexier and steamier in this particular shoot!

Do you have any crazy male fans and do you get asked out a lot?
(Laughs) I am sure my popularity is quite high, but I don't really know for sure do I? If we talk about being asked out by men, that rarely happens... maybe because I don't come across as someone who's easy to approach and I am not really open to strangers.

Hmm, mummy taught you well. Tell us something that very few people know about you?
I used to write poetry as a child, and now that I mention it... I began very early, in the first grade and gave up equally early. I had outgrown it by the time I reached the eighth grade, maybe I will get back to it someday. (smiles)

The lamest pickup line you've ever heard?
"I want to make friendship with you." (Laughs out loud) And this was while I was in college. Me and my friends laughed our hearts out at the guy, like any bunch of wicked girls would.

What's the nicest and the naughtiest that you would like your man to do for you this Valentine's Day?
I would like to be surprised; the ideal way would be a day starting with a really beautiful bouquet of red roses in the morning, with small little thoughtful gifts throughout the day, leading up to a really nice candle light dinner in a private open air dinning area, overlooking the sea.

You party a lot, don't you? Where can we find you on a week day? And if we wanted to hit on you and hope to land a date, what would work best?
You would probably find me with my gang of friends in this place called Firangi Pani having a ball.

And I normally follow an age old wisdom which parents preach to their children, 'Don't talk to strangers.' So I guess there's not even a glimmer of hope, as I would be too busy having a ball of a time with my friends.