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Mallika Sherawat successful the "Jalebi Bai" song.
Actor Mallika Sherawat spoke astir the judgement that she faced aft the merchandise of her breakout film, Murder, successful 2004. She said that she received a batch of flak successful the public, who were outraged by the film’s racy content. She besides recalled an anecdote astir being ‘shamed’ connected nationalist television, and said that her effigies were burnt aft the film’s release. Mallika appeared connected Ranveer Allahbadia’s show, wherever she besides discussed growing up successful a patriarchal society, and said that she chooses to absorption connected the affirmative broadside of her fame alternatively than the negatives.
She said, “I went to a quality transmission with Bhatt saab during Murder, and the quality anchor started reciting the lyrics of the opus to me. He focused connected definite words, and helium asks me, this journalist, ‘Sharam nahi aayi (Didn’t you consciousness ashamed)?’ Directly! I told him, ‘No, I didn’t consciousness ashamed. In fact, I had a blast.’ He was shocked astatine however a miss tin talk to him similar that. I was precise unfastened astir it. I said, ‘We person utilized erotica for container office’. What’s container office? Stimulation, right? And we’re inactive talking astir Murder, adjacent 20 years later. Imagine the interaction that the movie has had.”
Opening up astir the patriarchal lens done which women are viewed successful society, Mallika said, “Women are controlled done shame. It serves the patriarchal civilization to power women done shame. But I consciousness now, it’s becoming less. Women are becoming much open. As compared to 2004, definitely. They burnt my effigies aft Murder. Society astatine the clip wasn’t prepared for either maine oregon Murder.”
Mallika was seen successful Rajat Kapoor’s RK/RKay a mates of years ago, but much recently, she played a supporting relation successful the drama movie Vicky Vidya Ka Voh Wala Video, which stars Rajkummar Rao, Triptii Dimri and Vijay Raaz. The movie opened to mediocre reviews, and earned much than Rs 5 crore astatine the container bureau connected its archetypal time of release.
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