For Bollywood's ground-breaking 'dream girl' Hema Malini, attractiveness queen-turned-actress Aishwarya Rai is the merely one who deserves the 'dream girl' tag among all the new-fangled age actresses.

'Whoever is on top is the dream girl. I feel it is Aishwarya Rai,' Hema told the media on being asked who, according to her, deserves to be called the 'dream girl' nowadays.

Taking concerning the hardships a performer has to face, she said: 'An actress' life is the same - not anything has changed. It is what it was smooth 20 years back. They encompass to work very hard, make themselves look good-looking in addition to need a lot of commitment to stay behind at the top,' said Hema, who was in this community of the national resources Monday to felicitate winners of superstore Big Bazaar's 'Meet The Dream girl' contest.

Snubbing the complete idea of having a size zero shape, Hema said: 'There's no need (for a size zero figure). I was not a size zero. You must have a horizontal stomach - not a pot belly - and a nice in addition to good-looking face - at least a tolerable face - and you can be an actress.'

Dressed in a pale yellow, pleasing to the eye sari, the 60-year-old actress was at her straightforward best when asked about her future projects.