Mallika flashes panty at Cannes

She promised to shock at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, and she lived to his word. Actor Mallika Sherawat, 34, arrived for the screening of Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on Saturday night at the Riviera in a black see-through blouse, her panties visible.

Fashion High Heel Confidential blog wrote: "The problem is that the hair and makeup is not quite gelling with the rest of the look." Read another comment, "Looks like she goes for a watered down version of Lady Gaga look ... it's a horrible dress! "The red carpet of Cannes is famous for showing starlets in outrageous outfits and she got what she wanted - attention," wrote Anon1. When asked earlier what she should wear, Mallika, who had carried a snake around his neck to promote his film Hisss last year, said, "wait and see!"

Desis other in Cannes Saturday included filmmakers Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Shekhar Kapur.

She stole his thunder
Sherawat was not the only one that had the bulging eyes of everyone at the event. South African model Candice Boucher, 27, gave a tough competition to its - she wore a see-through black dress Gavin Rajah. The girl in the cover of Playboy is a part of the next Bollywood film Azaan, and attended the screening of Hearat Shulayim with his co-actor in the film, Sachin Joshi, and film director, Prashant Chadha.