Sultry Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat will play the role of a Muslim woman in her second Hollywood film "Unveiled" to be directed by Bill Bannerman.

Sherawat made her Bollywood debut in 2002 and had a small role in the 2005 Hollywood film "The Myth" starring Jackie Chan where she played an Indian princess.

She has also acted in around 10 Bollywood films.

"Unveiled" is a thriller based on the life of a Muslim woman who has two husbands and a lover, media reports said.

"She (her character in the film) has flaws and her morals are questionable but she is a very normal person," the online edition of CNN-IBN, an Indian television channel, quoted Sherawat as saying.

"She is not a shadow behind the burqa and she is very sexy".