Mallika Sherawat Claims What Deepika Padukone Did In Gehraaiyaan, She Did That 15 Years Ago

Actress Mallika Sherawat?has said that a section of people in the film industry never spoke of her acting but only talked about her body and glamour.?

The actress, who is rarely known by her birth name Reema Lamba, also compared film Murder released in her 2004 to actress Deepika Padukone's recent outing, Gehraaiyaan, which also featured Ananya Panday, Siddhanth Chaturvedi and Naseeruddin Shah. Shakun Batra's Gehraiyaan focused on the grey areas of modern relationships.??

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Mallika Sherawat, who once used to set screens on fire with her sizzling item numbers and performances recently talked about the changes the new age actors have brought into the film industry.?

Talking about personality traits heroines of Bollywood had earlier, the actress told Prabhat Khabar, “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."?

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"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,” Mallika Sherawat, who had established herself in Bollywood as a sex symbol further said.

The actress further went on to say that the heroines now are more confident about their bodies.?

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Speaking of how people reacted when her film Murder was released, Mallika Sherawat said, "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."?

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She has also claimed a section of the industry people and media mentally tortured her by only talking about her body and and glamour and not her acting.?

"I worked in Dashavataram, Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Welcome but none talked about my acting,” she said.?

Mallika Sherawat's Murder was directed by?Anurag Basu. The film featured Mallika opposite Emraan Hashmi and their steamy scenes in the movie created much controversy.

On the work front, Mallika Sherawat will be next seen in?RK/RKay. The film has been Written and directed by Rajat Kapoor. Kubbra Sait, Manu Rishi Chadha,?Ranvir Shorey,?Abhijeet Deshpande,?Chandrachoor Rai,?Grace Girdhar,?Abhishek Sharrma?and Vaishali Malhara are also playing key roles in the upcoming film.

RK/RKay is slated to release on July 22, 2022.?

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