Mallika Sherawat dons a burkha

Mallika Sherawat’s ‘Hisss’ is creating news with utter fervors, given the publicity stunst by the actress and also due to the uniqueness associated with the script. The latest buzz created by the flick is that Lakshmi Bai, the erstwhile princess of Travancore, will make an appearance in the movie as Divya Dutta’s mother.
“Akka is a natural storyteller. Mallika Sherawat intelligence and grace are matched only by her incredible instinct about people and their character. It was an honour to be her director,” Lynch said in a statement about Lakshmi Bai, popularly called ‘Akka’.
“Akka will provide a healthy amount of comic relief in the film, and her character’s storyline is crucial to the plot,” she added.
Reports also have it that Mallika has used Burkha in a number of action-chase scenes in the film and that the idea was thought up by director Jennifer Lynch and integrated in to her script as an “inside joke”. The joke traces down to the fact that Mallika Sherawat uses burkha oft and on to get away with the crowded areas