Shruti Haasan sizzles on Elle cover

Shruti Hassan is 24 and one film old. Judge her by this and you'd be mistaken. The brown-eyed beauty lets her hair down for this month's issue of Elle and gives us a peek into her world: her career in music, star parents and her insecurities about not fitting into Bollywood.

The daughter of legendary Tamil actor-director Kamal Hassan and actress Sarika, Shruti has a keen ear for music. Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Tamil music and RD Burman find place on her CD rack. On doing the music for her father's remake of A Wednesday, the singer-songwriter-composer tells the mag, "After doing the music for a film, it kind of changes your perspective on your own music... I've found a new phase in my life, I've found a new sound, and now I'm setting up a new band."

The gorgeous starlet is looking forward to B-town, going through film scripts in Mumbai. "It's really about doing something that makes sense to me and focusing on that. I'm exited to see what Bollywood comes up with for me." And does she feel that she might not fit in? "I have always felt in general that I might not fit in, in life", she states.

Kareena Kapoor on the cover of Elle

She is one Diva who has been ruling the Bolly-roost for quite some time now. She is none other than Bollywood's very own Kareena Kapoor, who has been in the news for practically every thing that she does, right from her choice of dresses to her love life, every aspect of her personality makes for a breezy front page read.

The latest is that she is the 'Cover-Girl' for this month's issue of Elle. Stunning and refreshingly candid, Kareena Kapoor looks cool as a cucumber on this mint fresh cover! Dressed in Dior, Kareena speaks about her life in detail. She says that she follows her heart when choosing projects and the one she's most excited about in 2009 is her release with beau Saif Ali Khan. Kareena's got a tight schedule, with back-to-back shoots but has made her peace with it: "Some things can't be planned." Kareena, who is dismissive about the 'size zero' tag, defends herself saying "My body keeps changing of course, and every film you can see that, I just don't understand why the whole country had to discuss dress sizes like it was the national economy." She credits her toned body to a disciplined yoga regime and a vegetarian diet. Not just that, she's also open about her relationship with Saif; talking about the things she's learnt from him - love for reading, for one - and how their bond has grown stronger despite their different worlds.

All this and much more, only in the latest issue of Elle. Go for it guys.