Mallika Sherawat, one of the leading actresses in Bollywood, who’s been known for her unapologetic bold work on the screen has now talked about how things were different in her times when she did the intimate scenes and did films like Murder, but now things have changed. The actress, however, praises Deepika Padukone for her work, but calls out the ‘narrow mindset’ the audience had back then.
Murder, helmed by the finest Anurag Basu starred Mallika Sherawat along with Emraan Hashmi. The steamiest scenes from the film between the two actors were spoken about widely all across India, needless to say, it definitely prompted a different mindset altogether in the content narrative.
Talking to Prabhat Khabar, Mallika Sherawat 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 further 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.” as quoted by Hindustan Times.