Mallika Sherawat is controversy's favourite child. But a decade after Khwahish and its 17 kisses, it looked like the actress had exhausted her store of shocking antics.

However, recently the actress pulled a surprise during the promo launch of her next film, Dirty Politics. Replete with sexual innuendos, Mallika mouthing cuss words and a still of the actress sitting draped in nothing but the tricolour on a beaconed car, the trailer has plenty to raise eyebrows.

The actress plays Anokhi Devi, an item girl turned politician whose dialogue includes lines like, “Anokhi apna ghaaghra jhatkegi toh tere jaisa chalees ch***e niklenge.“ She also gyrates to a risqué track, Mere ghaaghre ke liye ghamasaan machi hai.

Now for the bigger surprise: The film has been passed with an 'A' certificate but without any cuts.

An official from the Censor Board, requesting anonymity, told Mirror, “There was a lot of uproar after the screening as the members couldn't agree on what to cut and what to retain. Finally, the film was sent to the revising committee and they decided to give it a go ahead without any cuts.“

The film's leading lady maintains that the film is rooted in real events and so needed to express the same. “The setting of the film demands that we portray exactly how men or women talk in small rural centres. My director (K C Bokadia) wanted to establish that milieu. Anokhi comes from a poor family, dances to make ends meet and then joins politics. The people she deals with require her to be free with her language. I am doing what the film requires of me and am comfortable with that,“ said Mallika.

And it is not just Mallika who is turning the air blue. Internationally renowned actor Om Puri, who plays a politician being blackmailed by Mallika after a one-night stand, states, “Ek baar so kya liya, jaan par ban aayi bh****'.“

The film boasts other notable names like Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher and Jackie Shroff.