What is the age of Mallika Sherawat?

Yet another controversy has surfaced regarding Bollywood sex-kitten Mallika Sherawat and this one concerns her age.

The tabloids insist that Mallika cannot be 25 years old as claimed by her mother. Instead, she could well be 35 years old.

A private TV channel even aired Mallika's group photo taken in way back 1995 when she was working as an airhostess. Records show her age then to be 24 years old!

Mallika, who celebrated a birthday earlier this week, is however amused by all the speculation.

Talking to a leading news channel, she joked, "You know something. I'm 45 and I have two grandkids. “ It's just that about me there's more misinformation than information. And surprisingly, they inflate all my positives and negatives. They inflate my ego, my success, my failure -- and now they've inflated my age!"

Having earned rave reviews for her performance in Pyar Ke Side Effects , Mallika will be now seen as an ex-CIA agent in a movie ‘Dasavatharam’ with Kamal Haasan , where the actor himself plays a record-breaking ten roles!

Reveals Ravi Kumar, director of the movie, "Mallika agreed to do the movie even before she saw the script. She plays a bold, modern girl. It was a pleasure working with her as she would report every morning at seven on the dot."

"But one had to be professional since Kamal himself would reach the sets around 2.30 -3 am everyday! He would do his make-up for about five hours and by the time Mallika arrived he would be ready for the shot,” he adds.

So while her kitty is full of work why is she keeping a low profile these days?

"I really haven't been keeping a low profile. I just think and believe that it is time for me to shut up and do some good work. I've blabbed enough," Mallika gushes.