Mallika Sherawat’s that one special Kiss – 99 SLAPS 1 KISS

Guess what’s turning out to be the USP of Mallika Sherawat’s upcoming release Ugly Aur Pagli? Those 99 slaps that she has in the offering for Ranvir Shorey.

Believe it or not but in this upcoming riotous comedy from the house of Pritish Nandy Communications, Mallika slaps Ranvir a staggering 99 times

. And all this happens even as the two are shown to be love birds in the film. One wonders if Ranvir was a real sport to this treatment mainly because at the end there was also 1 kiss reserved for him, as indicated by the film’s tagline – 99 SLAPS 1 KISS!

Ugly Aur Pagli is the story of Kabir (Ranvir), a carefree guy who has been studying engineering for ten years now.

However, his life goes through a spin when he meets the quirky and kinky Kuhu (Mallika Sherawat). Though Kabir always wanted a girl to love, never in his wildest dreams had he imagined to come across someone like Kuhu who would make him do crazy things.

And what were these crazy things? Well, nothing less than dancing around circles, run semi naked, ride cycles without seats or wear high heeled ladies shoes! Well, 99 slaps were just a few more add-ons!

A desperate Kabir tries hard to escape Kuhu’s clutches, but in the process only ends up falling in love with her even more! Will he survive all her insane demands and tantrums?

Ugly Aur Pagli brings together Mallika and Ranvir for the second time after Pyaar Ke Side Effects. In fact it is quite a jump for Ranvir who has graduated from being Rahul Bose’s sidekick in Pyaar Ke Side Effects to being the leading man in Ugly Aur Pagli.

So what if his role required him to be a recipient of 99 slaps!

As per the makers of the film, Ugly Aur Pagli is touted to be ‘This Summer’s Craziest Comedy’. Ugly Aur Pagli is directed by debutant film maker Sachin Khot and has music by Anu Malik with lyrics by Amitabh Varma.

Are they jealous of Mallika’s legs?

Moral police goes skirt-chasing with Mallika.. Bollywood reacts.

Malaika Arora: “I think Mallika has become a favourite punching-bag in the press. Leave the girl alone. It’s ridiculous. Maybe the moral police in the South should take a closer look at their own films for obscenity.

Shilpa Shetty (actress,reality-show celebrity, yoga instructor): ” I’m just happy that the obscenity case against my dress in Tamil Nadu is quashed. I won.

Rahul Khanna (actor): ‘”I feel quite sad for the moral police. Perhaps they’re jealous of Mallika’s legs. They seem to have a lot of free time on hand? Why not use it for issues more important than length of skirts?

Hema Malini (actress, dancer, parliamentarian): “I was there in Chennai. Mallika’s dress was looking good. She too was looking very good. But perhaps the dress was a little too short for the occasion. Who knows!

Sonu Sood (actor): “Some people have all the time in the world to measure dress lengths. Good for them. At least moral policing keeps some people busy. At the same time I feel some celebrities dress a certain way to attract attention and create controversies. Ignore them. It will avoid unnecessary publicity.

Rohit Roy (actor, tv anchor): “What can one say…I’d love to know what the moral police was doing looking at Ms Sherawat’s crossed legs? Maybe waiting for them to uncross???

Lilette Dubey: “Who’s this self-appointed brigade? And what are they afraid of? Influencing the youth of this country?

A generation that’s now exposed to cinema, fashion and images from around the world right there in their homes? It’s up the individual to decide what she wears and if she can handle the public gaze then it’s her prerogative to dress the way she wants.

Amrita Arora (actor): “It’s ridiculous. What’s wrong with wearing a short skirt? And why only target Mallika for it? Girls in colleges and work places across the country are wearing them. Go get all of them,you moral cops! By the way there’re much more serious things to be done in our country than ’skirt-chasing’.

Diya Mirza (former beauty queen,actor): “I think they’ve no right to comment on Mallika. I think they should instead give attention to the sleaze content in some of their films. Stop pointing fingers at someone just because you’ve nothing better to do.

Niharika Singh (beauty queen, model, actor): “I think this is complete hypocrisy. Films down south have a lot more skin show. There’s no need to make a mountain out of a molehill

Sophie Chowdhary (veejay/singer/actress): “I think the reaction to Mallika’s skirt is ridiculous. According to me the outfit is definitely not vulgar or offensive. Surely there’re a hundred other issues in our country to get upset about. Leave Mallika and her clothes alone.

Priyanka (Nisha) Kothari: “I think the moral police are more publicity crazy than any other section of our society.

Samir Soni (model/actor):“I believe what is moral or immoral is an extremely personal decision. No group of people have the right to force their value system on us unless an individual’s action inconveniences others or obstructs someone’s fundamental rights.

Aryan Vaid (model, actor, tv anchor): What can one say? This isn’t really about protection of any morals but the narrow political interests of a group of people.

The laws of the land seem to apply in different measures to different sections of people. There was nothing wrong with Mallika’s outfit. But there’s a long wrong with these moral terrorist outfits.”

Sandhya Mridul: “With due respect the actresses down South wear clothes that seem pretty suggestive and sexy. So what’s their problem?

The moral police all over the country should keep tabs on real moral issues rather than the clothes actress’ wear. Incidentally why are only actresses pulled up for extra-censoring? Why not the males who nowadays pose in less than women?”

Pooja Bedi: “I think the more importance the media gives such people the more such cases we’ll see. The quickest route to fame is to sue celebrities. Morality is so subjective. Do these moralists want to take us back to the days of the purdah?

And should their standards of morality be applicable to society? Was there a dress code at the music event ? If not how could they expect a girl with a glamorous sexy image to land up in a salwar-kameez?

Gul Panag: “Why should it be anyone’s business what someone wears or doesn’t wear? The moral police should close down Khajuraho or dress up the sculpture in ’suitable’ clothes before attacking anyone.

Nandana Sen: ” It’s absurd! Mallika is beautiful and has a style of her own. How can anyone have the right to say that style is wrong? Should we all start wearing uniforms now to make everyone happy? Clothes are one of the ways in which a person expresses her or his individuality.

Dictating what another individual wears is as ridiculous as a third party forbidding you, a writer, from choosing certain topics.Or me, an actor, from taking on certain roles. And if I decide to do what I choose, should my nose and ear be cut as happened today?

What’s the issue with Mallika’s clothes? If the concern is protecting women’s dignity, why don’t we create a safe and protective environment so that little girls aren’t thrown into fires for stepping beyond boundaries that should never have been set up?

Oh, it was great to kiss Emraan!!!

Sayali Bhagat, the diva termed to be Miss-India World in 2004, is one such actress who has direct competition with the likes of Mallika Sherawat, Tanushree Dutta and few Bolly-babes when it comes to performing bold in front of the camera.

The glam-girl followed the ritual of getting into Bollywood after been crowned as Femina Miss India and proved in her debut film The Train, itself, that she is ready to expose to the length the Indian Censor Board permits her to do.

And who would have been a better co-star than our kissing king Emraan Hashmi to accompany her in performing some real smoochy and juicy scenes in the film.

Sayali isn’t just seductive in her on-screen appearance but also bold enough to talk her heart out.

“Emraan is a gem of a person. It was really a great opportunity to have him as an onscreen husband and to kiss him,” says Sayali Bhagat.

The model-turned-actress seems to have a great fascination for cricketers. Where Sayali proposed to Rahul Dravid on television, few days later, she repeated the same stuff with Irfan Pathan.

At the moment the young girl is waiting for her south flick Blade Balaji to get released. As far as Bollywood is concerned her fans would have to wait for some more time to see more of this sensuous actress.

Mallika’s dress too revealing?

Mallika Sherawat is in soup again for wearing an ‘indecent’ dress at Dasavatharam audio launch at nehru Indoor Stadium on April 25.

An The Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK), which has been acting as Tamil Nadu’s moral police, submitted a petition at the Periampet police station claiming that her dress and behaviour hurt the sentiments of Tamils.

One of their activist S R Kaniraj caliamed in the complaint that Sherawat has “caused mental agony and hurt to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu by wearing a revealing mini skirt, exposing her back and sitting cross legged in front of the Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.”

HMK wants the police to take action against Mallika. Chief minister M Karunanidhi was the chief guest at the event, which was also attended by Jackie Chan, Amitabh Bachchan, Mammooty, Hema Malini and others.

HMK had earlier shot off a petition in January against Shriya Saran’s choice of dress at the silver jubilee celebrations of ‘Sivaji’ starring Rajnikanth and Shriya.

Skin show helps others not Mallika!

Bollywood femme fatal Mallika Sherawat may have made her list of aasiques long with a fan following consisting from directors, producers and crazy-going audience, but her banging luck still couldn’t open the door of biggies of Bollywood.

And hyping jealousy enough, the almost unknown face of the recent flop Red Swastick, Sherlyn Chopra, has managed her alley to the Yash Raj films just after a sizzling appearance in the music album Outrageous.

Mallika may have worked with top actors of Bollywood such as Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Rekha, Dharmendra and many like them but working under real big banners has always been dreams of most of the industry people. And Mallika, being a beautiful part of the industry, may not be very different from others.

Well, whatever be the fact or fiction, fans of this bomb-shell have something to cheer for as the actress would soon be seen portraying different characters in her upcoming films.

Mallika is reliving the character of Anarakali in Sanjay Chel’s Maan Gaye Mughle Azam. On the other hand Mallika would be seen opposite Ranveer Shourey in Pritish Nandi’s comic chapter Agli Aur Pagli.

Apart from these the actress is also working in Ravi Walia’s Fauj Mein Mauj and Kamal Hassan’s Southee flick Dashavataram where she is portraying the character of an I A agent.

Only time would tell whether these films would help Mallika in making an impression to help in grabbing big banners or not.

If she succeeds in it, then the next question will arise as whether she will be able to maintain a good rapport with the biggies.

Since, we all are aware the kind of bitter relationship she shares with Mahesh Bhatt who bestowed her with Murder, the biggest hit in Mallika’s career.

Big blow for Mallika Sherawat!

Production house Studio 18, which signed oomph girl Mallika Sherawat for its film ‘Masquerade,’ has called off the project after differences of opinion with director Kundan Shah.

According to a source in Studio 18, Mallika was signed on for Rs. 9.5 million, a whopping sum for an actress of her standing. The source also told that before she reported for the movie’s shoot, she was paid 25 percent of her remuneration.

The film could not take off allegedly because director Shah refused to brook any interference from her.

The source said Mallika at first was not too happy about the banner’s choice of Shah as director. Then she wanted a cinematographer of her choice to be signed for the movie. But Shah said it was his prerogative as the director to choose the cinematographer.

The stand-off between the two reached such a peak that eventually Studio 18 found no alternative but to call off the project.

Efforts by us to reach her proved futile.

Studio 18 has now lodged a complaint with an association of producers, saying that though the movie ‘Masquerarde’ was shelved, Mallika has refused to return 25 percent of her remuneration that was paid to her at the time she signed the contract with it for the movie.

She has allegedly refused to entertain any call from Studio 18; nor does she respond to e-mail messages.

The model-turned actress wowed audiences with her very first film ‘Khwahish’ and repeated the success story with ‘Murder’ and ‘Pyaar Ke Side Effects’.