If we look at the career graphs of Aishwarya Rai and Kareena Kapoor, we come face to face with some startling revelations. The two actresses have managed to rise to stardom despite giving a series of flops at the start of their careers. While other actresses like Rani Mukherji, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra have given hit after hit to keep them at the top of the heap, Aish and Bebo have managed to do the same thing with just a few good performances.

Bebo turned down the role in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and instead made her debut with Refugee. Though the movie flopped she still was able to garner more out of it them Amisha did with a hit. Aish also seemed to be running out of luck but just then she gave one of the best performances of her career in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

What seems to be working for the two is that they make sure that they make the news and increase their brand value. They bring to the table a deadly combination of beauty along with talent with which they have started to deliver lately. Even after flops like Asoka, Yaadein, Mujhse Dosti Karoge and Main Prem Ki Deewani Hun, Kareena had top directors queuing up to sign her for her movies.

Now Lara Dutta might be thinking what has she done wrong to be kept out of the A list. Well she for starters does not have a family background like Bebo nor does the media seem to be interested in her beauty like the case is with Aish .Looks like you need to be a brand in your own right to get big banners to sign you.