The oomph belle from Bollywood will show the shades of villainy in a Kamal Hassan starrer Tamil film Dasavatharam.

Mallika plays a sensuous vamp. As learnt, she is cast opposite one of the ten characters that Kamal plays in the film.

Reports quote Kamal as saying that he offered Mallika the role when she was in Chennai shooting for Mani Ratnam’s film Guru in which she plays a cameo.

Kamal says Mallika had no reservations about playing a negative role.

Mallika`s ever growing fan following will surely appreciate her efforts that she is putting in removing the sex-symbol tag , and will also hope some of Kamals legendary acting skills rub off on her.