Mallika Sherawat arrived as a special guest at the Montblanc/UNICEF charity event held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles donning a colorful new dress designed by Max Azria of fashionhouse BCBG.

Also in attendance and seen mingling with the Bollywood star were legendary English actor Michael York, host of the event, actor Billy Zane of Titanic fame and his date the Princess of Congo, Lord and Lady Hayes, among others.

After hearing from her fans on social networking site Twitter of their wish to see her in a colorful outfit after being photographed in a series of black designer dresses, Miss Sherawat wowed the crowd with an elegant yellow dress by Mr. Azria.

After taking a succession of pictures of the star, a photographer at the event told Miss Sherawat that ‘everyone is talking about you’, to which she humbly replied, “Anything to bring attention to a good cause.”

Mallika Sherawat, who had a front seat to New York Fashion Week’s hottest shows and parties, shared the spotlight with other celebrity guests at the BCBG Max Azria Spring 2010 show, and hit up Swagg Media’s Persona Magazine launch with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.

Craig Nobles, head of Swagg Media, is the music director for Sherawat’s latest venture, in which she plays a character inspired in part by San Francisco Attorney General Kamala Harris, called ‘The female Barack Obama’ by David Letterman.

Fans can also find Sherawat in her upcoming release, HISSS, co-starring Irrfan Khan of Slumdog Millionaire fame. Directed by American filmmaker Jennifer Lynch, the project is the first from Bollywood to be represented by a major Hollywood agency (William Morris Endeavor).

Mallika is currently residing in Los Angeles, wrapping up post-production on HISSS and preparing for her upcoming American film production.