But in Bollywood, culinary skills can establish very little. Instead it's the heroine's ability to tempt the hero into submission that forms an integral ploy in our movies.

Over the years, the rules of the persuasion game have changed dramatically. While fast love has taken precedence over foreplay, sensuality now spells skin show.

And as the stylish Katrina Kaif gets ready to entice Saif Ali Khan in the soon-to-release Race with Zara zara touch me, rediff.com takes a look at the changing face of seduction songs in Hindi films.

Text: Sukanya Verma

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