‘I Did That 15 Years Ago’: Mallika Sherawat Compares Deepika Padukone's Gehraiyaan With Murder

Mallika said that she was subjected to a kind of mental torment during the time of ‘Murder’ since people only spoke about her "bold appearance."

Mallika Sherawat Compares Deepika Padukone's Gehraiyaan With Murder

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New Delhi: Rk/RKay, the forthcoming film by Mallika Sherawat, will see the actress make a triumphant comeback to the big screen. While promoting the film, the actress spoke about how the media only talked about her looks and glimmer, but never about her acting chops or her character development. Her 2004 film, ‘Murder’, was compared to Deepika Padukone's current film ‘Gehraiyaan’ and she remarked that she had done comparable work 15 years earlier. 

Directed by Shakun Batra, Deepika's film is a trip through the complexities of contemporary human interactions. Ananya Panday and Naseeruddin Shah also appeared in the film. On the other side, Anurag Basu's Murder starring Mallika and Emraan Hashmi was greatly praised for its sensual sequences between the two actors.

The actress told Prabhat Khabar when asked about the changes she has seen in the film industry, “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. The heroines are more confident about their bodies as well.”

Mallika said that she was subjected to a kind of mental torment during the time of ‘Murder’ since people only spoke about her "bold appearance."

She said, "Such hue and cry were created when I did Murder. People said all kinds of things about the kiss and the bikini. What Deepika Padukone did in Gehraiyaan, 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 Dasavatharam, Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Welcome, but none talked about my acting.”

When it comes to her acting front, Mallika’s film RK/Rkay is set to release on the 22nd of July.