I didn't count kisses: Payal

While some say she has outsmooched Mallika Sherawat in Laila, Payal claims she wasn't counting. See Pics

32 Kisses or misses? Payal Rohatgi isn't telling. While a section of the press says she has outsmooched Mallika Sherawat in Laila-A Mystery, the actress herself claims she wasn't counting.

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Payal, who is doing Laila with TLV Prasad after MaazaMaaza, admits she's surprised at being dragged into the numbers game. According to her: "I don't know who was there on the sets to keep a count of how many times I kissed. I never talked about any kind of figure. I can only say that there are some explicit scenes in the film."

The former supermodel insists she has no idea about the kiss count. "I just don't know. It wasn't as if I was counting - one...two...three...four, and so on. In a film where I am acting, do you seriously think I would have the time to keep track of the number of times I kiss my co-star? I am sure somebody has been spreading rumours. I certainly won't deny that Laila has such scenes, but if you ask me for a number, there's no way I can be as precise as the person who actually counted my kisses," she quips.

Payal however makes no secret of explicit content. "The film is about a beautiful woman, the character that I play. She cons different people in several different ways. In the film we intend to show how men act dumb and lose all powers of reasoning when they come face-to-face with a good-looking woman. For example, there's one scene where I get all romantic in order to dupe a minister. I have to expose here so that I can attract him. Similarly I use other tricks in other situations. is very interesting and like Ram Gopal Varma's , it is episodic in nature," she says.

Payal, the sexed-up teacher from Tauba Tauba, believes it is not just ministers who are susceptible to the wiles of a comely woman. "No matter what their profession, there's a certain category of men who let passion overcome reason as soon as a girl offers them her company. More often than not, they turn out to be losers," she declares.