Mallika Sherawat snakes into Doha with Hisss

At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Mallika Sherawat promoted her newest film by posing with a 22-foot-long python on the red carpet.

So when we hear that the Bollywood starlet is expected to make an appearance at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival this month, we’re wondering what hi-jinks she’ll get up to here in the Gulf.

Reportedly a close friend of Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Sherawat will host a special screening of “Hisss”, an independent production directed by Jennifer Lynch, where she plays a snake woman.

“She met director Martin Scorsese at the Doha Tribeca event in Cannes last May. A special invite was arranged for her to represent Bollywood at the TFF. She will arrange to have her film screened specially for Robert De Niro and Scorsese,” a source close to the controversial actress was quoted as saying by India’s Midday newspaper.

What we do know is that she’ll be wearing Dolce & Gabbana, who have styled her at several events recently.

Sherawat is also expected to take part in the inauguration of Doha's brand new, state-of-the-art cultural village of Katara during the festival celebrations.

"Hiss" is released across the UAE on October 21.

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