After Shriya Saran, it was the turn of Mallika Sherawat to face the ire of Tamil Nadu's "moral brigade" which filed a police complaint against the Bollywood star over the issue of improper attire at a film function.

Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK), a splinter group of the Hindu Munnani, lodged a complaint with the police in the city , saying that Mallika's attire "hurt the sentiments of Hindus". Mallika was recently in the city for the Audio Launch of Kamal Haasan's new film 'Dasavatharam' in which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Jackie Chan and Amitabh Bachchan were present. The actress was accused of wearing transparent and skimpy clothes.

Well, Mallika is not alone. It has become a routine affair with most film functions nowadays for an actress to be spotted out and made to regret her gestures or attire. Besides Mallika and Shriya, actresses Shilpa Shetty, Reema Sen and Khushboo have incurred the wrath of the moral brigade before for various reasons.

A few months ago, actress Shriya was in the news for her choice of dress at the golden jubilee celebrations of Rajnikant starrer 'Sivaji-The Boss.' However, she tendered an apology and the matter was treated as closed.

A case against Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen filed by a Madurai lawyer, accusing them of conniving with a local eveninger for publishing their pictures which were obscene in nature, was quashed last month by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.

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