With heat waves making life miserable, all you need is a bikini to keep the temperatures from killing you. Wear it with a thong, strut your stuff in a bikini top and hot pants or sashay around in an itsy-bitsy sarong and you're set for the summers. To give you some much needed inspiration, here are five Bollywood actresses who rock the bikini like no other...read on:

Deepika Padukone:

The leggy lass can make a garbage bag look stunning, so when she sports a bikini, she sizzles. With a figure like that, why wouldn't you want to flaunt your digs, eh? Even though she is all limbs and hands, she can give the voluptuous beautifies a run for their money (and boyfriends!). On a different note, have you seen her in Cocktail?!

Shilpa Shetty:

Does she look like she has a child? With washboard abs and never ending legs, the yummy mummy is one of the most desirable women in the industry, and rightly so. Whenever she shows off her pins in a bikini, the world stops and stares. It's rather peculiar that she was never noticed for her sexiness when she was a part of the rat race in Bollywood. Now that she has ventured into other things, everybody seems to be waking up to her hot bod. Well, better late than never.

Katrina Kaif:

She is not just a Barbie doll, she can scorch the screen with her milky white skin and perfect legs. Why do you think her leaked pictures with beau Ranbir Kapoor caused such a stir? Despite pushing 30s, the angelic beauty doesn't seem to age in the 'gorgeous legs' department. What say? Ranbir is probably the only guy who has been with two incredibly hot and beautiful women. Talk about boys having all the fun.

Anushka Sharma:

These days she might be known more for her cricket liaisons than her sex appeal, but whenever she has donned the two-piece, she has made men swoon and women turn jelly with envy. Her statuesque posture, killer legs and the perfect attitude to carry it off makes her one of the best bikini-clad chicks in the industry. We absolutely love her bindaas-ness, don't you too?

Priyanka Chopra:

She is not called the Desi Girl just like that. The former Miss World's association with the bikini is rather old and awesome. Her stunning figure looks even hotter when she struts around in a teeny-weeny. After all, she is exotic! We don't know if she has had any help in the looks department, but her pins make her the original va va voom of the industry. There's absolutely no doubt in that.

Who according to you rocks this summer attire the best? Let us know your choice in the comments section below...