Mallika Sherawat kissed her co star Himanshu Malik 17 times in her film Khwahish.
The moderate success of this film put her on the limelight.
She went even ahead to do raunchy scenes with Emraan Hashmi in the superhit film Murder.
She did many other bold films like Kis Kis ki Kismat, Kudiyon ka hai Zamana, Pyar ke Side effects, Ugly aur Pagli, Maan Gaye Mughal E Aazam
, Dirty Politics where she had bold scenes with the old man Om Puri. She even did nude scenes in Hollywood films The Myth, Hiss etc