Mumbai – While Bollywood hunk Hrithik Roshan ranked as the sexiest Asian man of the year 2012 by the Eastern Eye Weekly, Pakistani singer-turned-actor Ali Zafar has grabbed the fifth spot and Pakistani singer Atif Aslam has landed number sixteen. In a survey conducted by the weekly, Hrithik and the Pakistani stars beat some ‘heavyweights’ and emerged as winners in the 50-strong list.

Actor Shahid Kapur was the surprise runner-up, with Shah Rukh Khan claiming the third spot and Salman Khan the fourth position.

Indian batsman Virat Kohli was at 18. Other names included Abhishek Bachchan (17), Prateik Babbar (20), John Abraham (7), Akshay Kumar (9), Arjun Rampal (11), actor Imran Khan (12), Saif Ali Khan (13), Riz Ahmed (21), Siddhartha Mallya (31), Mahendra Dhoni (33), Aamir Khan (35) and Zaheer Khan (39).