Mallika dazzles at Cannes Film Festival

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1113878.cms" alt="/photo/1113878.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Actress Mallika Sherawat kisses Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan at a photocall for Hong Kong director Stanley Tong''s film </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">The Myth''</span><span style="" font-size:="">during the 58th Cannes Film Festival </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photo: Reuters)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />CANNES: Mallika Sherawat charmed one and all when she appeared at a packed press conference in Cannes, alongside Jackie Chan, the producer and star of her debut international movie, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Myth</span>.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><br /><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1113887.cms" alt="/photo/1113887.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Mallika Sherawat poses with Jackie Chan.</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photo: Reuters)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />She wore a low-cut golden dress and posed with Chan for the photocall, minutes before the press conference began.<br /><br />Sherawat wore enough jewellery in keeping with her status as an "Indian princess". She said she plans to wear some thing "outrageously sexy" for the Cannes party.<br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section3"><div class="Normal"><br /><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1113896.cms" alt="/photo/1113896.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan (C) poses with co-stars of </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">The Myth. </span><span style="" font-size:="">On his left is Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat and on the right is Korean actress Kim Hee-Seon. </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photo: Reuters)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><br />Sherawat began by graciously commenting: "I would like to thank Jackie Chan and Stanley Tong for giving me this opportunity to star in this film. It’s a very big break for me. Bollywood will always be very important (for me) because that’s my bread and butter. But the whole world is becoming global now."<br /><br />While Sherawat shone and sparkled, her co-actress, Kim Hee Seon, a Korean, was equally elegant and exquisitely beautiful. <br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section4"><div class="Normal"><br /><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1113899.cms" alt="/photo/1113899.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">The team of </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">The Myth. </span><span style="" font-size:="">Actor Jackie Chan (R), (L-R) Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka Fai, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, Hong Kong director Stanley Tong and Korean actress Kim Hee-Seon </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photo: Reuters)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />Also present in the conference were <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Myth</span>''s director, Stanley Tony, and the actor, Tony Leung Ka Fai.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section5"><div class="Normal"><br /><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1113906.cms" alt="/photo/1113906.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />Chan explained that although he was keen to collaborate with Bollywood – and if he ever made a film himself he would go into partnership with India – the Indian involvement in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Myth</span> was for him "a coincidence". <br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section6"><div class="Normal"><br /><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="0" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1113909.cms" alt="/photo/1113909.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">Sherawat poses at photocall for </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">The Myth</span><span style="" font-size:=""> at Cannes Film Festival </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">(Photo: Reuters)</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br />Mallika said that "India and China coming together" also appealed to her. <br /><br />She added, "It’s a great opportunity for me to be working with a superstar like Jackie Chan (and also with) Stanley Tong. It’s a role to die for. (For me) it’s a great debut internationally."</div> </div>