Well if there is one item song which has been in the news for so long it definitely has to be the one in 'Osthi.' It has been more than a couple of months since news started doing rounds as to who will sizzle in the South Indian version of the 'Dabangg' Munni. It was Malaika Arora Khan who appeared in the original with Salman Khan and the song became as popular as the movie.

While the crew of Osthi did their best to rope in fair skinned beauties from Bollywood to the likes of Katrina Kaif and Vidya Balan, nothing materialized due to lack of dates. However, now they have roped in B'town's sex-siren Mallika Sherawat.

Talks were on as to whom to rope in for the Telugu remake 'Gabbar Singh' which will see Pawan Kalyan in the lead role. Now there are confirmed reports that Anushka Shetty has confirmed her part to appear for the item number in Telugu!

While we are not too sure as to Anushka's remuneration for this item number, there are reports that Mallika has been roped in to do the item number in Tamil for a whooping price of Rs 1.25 crore! If this report is true then the actress will be the highest paid actress for appearing in an item number in the Tamil film industry till date.

Although there are two Munnis down south this season, Mallika Sherawat in Tamil and Anushka Shetty in Telugu, we'll have to wait to know who will set the screens instantly on fire…