PIX: Shriya Saran goes backless

Actress Shriya Saran, who attended the premiere of her upcoming film Midnight's Children with the film's team at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, looked gorgeous in a pale pink Manish Malhotra lehenga.

Apart from the ornate outfit, what really caught our attention was the nude fabric that held Saran's blouse together in a knot at the back, giving an illusion of a backless blouse from afar.

This isn't the first time this southern siren has flaunted her shapely back. We take a look at the actress's love affair with backless dresses!

The actress wore a nude sari with a backless corset blouse for the 2012 IIFA green carpet event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in June.

She couldn't resist striking the familiar pose.

For her previous outing at the Toronto Film Festival in 2009, the actress chose a more colourful sari with a skimpy brocade blouse as she attended the Cooking With Stella premiere.

The actress sported a spandex and some beaded jewellery as she graced the cover of the magazine Perfect Woman for its April 2012 edition.

Saran shows off her back, yet again, as she strikes a flirtatious pose dressed in a flowy white dress for the June 2012 edition of FWD magazine.

The actress does the bare act in a tie-up bikini top and a flowy bandhni garment as she poses seductively for a promotional shoot.

The actress strikes her favourite pose in a tie-up polka-dotted blouse and black sari in a still from her 2010 Telugu film Don Seenu.

Saran sported a white sari with a backless blouse for a Balaji Telefilms awards event last year.

On the January 2010 edition of South Scope magazine, the actress bares her soul for the cover story and her toned back
for the cover shoot.

Saran wore pink and backless -- two of her favourites -- for the IIFA awards in 2008.