Mallika Sherawat is an Indian actress who has predominantly worked in Hindi films. She made her Bollywood debut with the 2002 romantic drama Jeena Sirf Merre Liye, starring Tusshar Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. She rose to fame with her onscreen boldness in the movies like Khwahish (2003) and Murder (2004), and became the sex symbol in Bollywood. Other important movies of her career include Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006), Welcome (2007), Ugly Aur Pagli (2008), Hisss (2010), Bin Bulaye Baraati (2011), Double Dhamaal (2011) and Dirty Politics (2015). She was married to a man named Karan Singh Gill, but the two divorced before she started her career in acting.