Mallika Sherawat Honored In Los Angeles

Mallika Sherawat is creating ripples, internationally, of course. The sexy actress is flying to LA to attend a star-studded gala dinner there this Sunday. Mallika is a recipient at the US-based Multicultural Motion Picture Association's Diversity Awards and she will be presented the 2008 Renaissance Artist Award in the presence of other international celebs from the film and television industry. The citation behind the award states it is bestowed for the recipients 'distinctive on-screen persona that is uniquely their own and allows their character depictions to bring audiences from laughter to tears.' Past recipients of the award include top Hollywood actresses like Salma Hayek, Halle Berry, and Monica Bellucci. You go girl!

The 16th annual MMPA's Diversity Awards will be held Sunday, November 23rd, at Universal Studios Globe Theatre. The theme of this year's event will be 'Celebrity Diversity - American Spirit and Global Talent - Making it Happen.' The main goal of the Diversity Awards is to honor creative accomplishments to the diverse perspectives and talents in the cinematic arts and television. Some notable artists who will also be receiving awards Sunday night are Ludacris, who will be presented with the Creative Maverick Award and Ruby Dee-Davis, who is being honored with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. Bollywood is being recognized in Hollywood baby!

Mallika Sherawat to shut up and let her body do the talking

Hot and sexy babe Mallika Sherawat will not be uttering any words for her next flick, Hissss.

In the film Mallika will play the character of a snake, and all her scenes will see her expressing emotions and feelings through body language. Confirming this, director Jennifer Lynch says, “Mallika is a snake so how is she expected to talk? She doesn’t know the human language. The world of words and sentences is unknown to her. As a snake, she has other senses with which she communicates. Even when she transforms from her snake from to the human one, she doesn’t speak. Mallika kind of freaked out when she was told that she had no lines. As an actress, she is used to convey her emotions and expressions through dialogues.”

Irrfan Khan and Divya Dutta are playing supporting roles in the film which is expected be released mid-2009.

Social worker drags Mallika to court

As if the hangover of two flop films is not enough, another bomb has been dropped over the head of Mallika Sherawat.

A sessions court has sent a legal notice to her and the owners of a five star hotel.

A social worker named Vinod Jain had filed an obscenity case against Ms.Sherawat and JW Marriot Hotel accusing the actress of performing in the hotel on December 31, 2006 wearing extremely revealing costumes.

The court has asked the two accused parties to give their clarifications before October 7.

Mallika sees Madhubala's ghost on sets of Maan Gaye..

Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat said, she saw a ghost of yesteryear actress Madhubala while she was in the van, taking a break from her shoot.

Mallika was shooting for the spoof of the song Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya for her latest release Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam.

The crew of Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam revealed that while taking a break, a stunned Mallika suddenly stepped out of her vanity van looking completely dazed.

On being asked the reason for her perplexed look, the actress revealed that she had seen a vision of yesteryear actress Madhubala in the van.

A unit member said, "Mallika was too stunned to react. She told us that she saw a ghost of Madhubala. It may sound unbelievable but this happened and there's no logic behind it. It could be Mallika's imagination too because she imagines herself as Madhubala who had performed the song Jab Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya.

Men fantasise about Mallika; Ash rules no more

The oomph of the sizzling Bollywood seductress Mallika Sherawat is so widespread that she was offered to pose for the center spread of the illustrious Playboy magazine. And now, in a special poll conducted by a popular news agency, Mumbai men have voted her as the most fantasized celebrity. Shockingly, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has bagged only one percent of the total votes!

Mallika certainly has men drooling for her and that’s no secret. But who would have thought, that the world’s most beautiful woman, Aishwarya would be considered the least sexy by men, that too in a city that shot her to fame. Lara and Bipasha followed Mallika’s score but Aish was placed last in the list.

Here’s what some men had to say about Mallika, “I fantasise about Mallika Sherawat because of the way she exposes in films; also she has a well-maintained body. I always imagine her naked.”

Well, what can we say, guess its time up for Aishwarya!

French toast?

Mallika Sherawat rates high on producer Ratan Jain’s list of favourite people nowadays. Recently Jain financed a holiday for Mallika Sherawat in Paris.

Mallika, who plays the female lead in Jain’s upcoming film Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam has just returned from her all-paid-for holiday in Paris.

Says a source, “Some time back Mallika revealed that she was planning a holiday to Paris. She said this on the sets of Mughal-E-Azam. Jain was present there. He immediately offered to foot the bill.”

Says an insider, “This was a strange offer because Ratan Jain has never financed a holiday for any of his heroines before. This is the first time.

And he has launched many heroines in the past, including Shilpa Shetty (Baazigar).”

When asked about this, Jain said, “Yes, it’s true that I haven’t financed a holiday for any of my heroines earlier.” Did he accompany Mallika to Paris. Jain laughed, “Why should I accompany her?”

Ratan Jain
So, why did he decide to pay for Mallika’s holiday? Jain replied, “I am very happy with Mallika’s work in Mughal-E-Azam. She has given a great performance.

That’s why I financed her holiday. I felt that she deserved it.” How much did it cost him?

He said, “Mallika hasn’t given me her bill yet. But I am definitely going to pay her very soon. It is a commitment I’ve made and I won’t break it.”

Mallika's softer side

hough Mallika was not on very friendly terms with her co-star, Ranvir Shorey on the sets of Ugli Aur Pagli, Mallika took care of him when he was facing bad health.
Once while Mallika was shooting for the film and she came to know that Ranvir Shorey was not keeping well and was suffering from a bout of influenza. Being a Samaritan that she is Mallika immediately called her home and ordered some home cooked food for Ranvir. The food was fit for an ill patient that comprised of Khichdi and plain dal. Ranvir on seeing her gesture was truly amazed and kept thanking her till the schedule was complete. Now this is what we call hot and sweet!

Mallika to sue RGV for 'misusing' her pic in Contract

Mallika Sherawat is angry with filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma. The actress, at the music launch of her film Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam, announced that she will be taking RGV to court for misusing her photograph in his film Contract.

The film has a scene where a police inspector is shown talking to Mallika's photograph suggestively. The actress has taken offense to the scene.

"They will be getting a legal notice pretty soon," Mallika said.

Of course this will not be the first time that RGV has taken potshots at his fellow colleagues from the industry through his films.

RGV's film Company ridiculed film director Karan Johar in one of its scenes, while his thriller flick Road took a dig at filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Mallika has also acted in RGV's film Darna Zaroori Hain but that did not deter the actress from taking legal recourse against the director.

Mallika's action could also be attributed to the actress's fervent desire of being taken seriously as an actor.

"I want my work to speak for itself," says the actress.