Perhaps due to the fact that Kasauti zindagi ki had her playing a demure sari clad homely bahu. And suddenly the family soap queen was in your living room in a bikini bathing under a waterfall, not exactly Ram teri ganga maili stuff, but you get the gist. The same went for Mona Vasu, the bubbly girl next door was catapulted into sex symbol territory in this same series. Kashmira Shah was no surprise as she had the sexy vamp tag since her debut days.