Mallika Sherawat has said that a section of the industry always spoke about her body and glamour, never her acting. She likewise compared her 2004 movie, Murder with Deepika Padukone’s recent film, Gehraaiyaan.
In an interaction with Prabhat Khabar, Mallika responded to a question about the changes that the new age brought in the film industry, she said, “Earlier, the heroines were either too good, sati-savitri types who were too innocent to know anything, or they were the characterless vamps. These were the only two types of roles written for heroines. The change that we see now, shows women as humans. She can be happy or sad. She can make mistakes, she can falter, and you love them despite all of that.”
She also added, “The heroines are more confident about their bodies as well. Such hue and cry was created when I did Murder. People said all kinds of things about the kiss and the bikini. What Deepika Padukone did in Gehraaiyaan, I did that 15 years ago, but people were too narrow-minded back then. I should tell you that a section of the industry and media was mentally torturing me. These people only talked about my body and glamour, not my acting. I worked in Dashavataram, Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Welcome but none talked about my acting.”
Helmed by Anurag Basu, Murder featured Mallika opposite Emraan Hashmi.
Mallika is currently preparing for the release of her next, RK/RKay. Written and helmed by Rajat Kapoor, the movie likewise features Kubbra Sait, Ranvir Shorey, Chandrachoor Rai, Abhishek Sharrma, Manu Rishi Chadha, Abhijeet Deshpande, , Grace Girdhar, and Vaishali Malhara in key roles.
