This actress, recently made a much awaited comeback in Rajkummar Rao’s Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video.
This actress who once ruled the Bollywood with her hotness, has recently made a much awaited comeback with Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri’s Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video. She is none other than Mallika Sherawat. Born as Reema Lamba in Hisar’s small village Moth to a Jat family, the actor ran away from home and changed her name from Reema to Mallika when she entered the industry.
Mallika has been open about facing a tumultuous childhood and discrimination in her family as a women. In an interview with Hauterrfly, the Murder actress said, “My parents would discriminate between me and my brother so much. I used to be very sad in my growing up years thinking why my parents discriminate against me so much. As a child, I didn’t understand, but now I do. Woh ladka hai usko videsh bhejo, usko padhao, usmein paisa invest karo (They used to say, ‘Send the son abroad, educate him, invest in him’). Parivaar ki saari sampatti ladke ko jaayegi, pote ko jaayegi (All the family’s wealth will go to the son, to the grandson). Ladkiyon ka kya hai? (What about the girls?) They will get married, they are a liability, ek bojh hai (they are a burden).”
Mallika also recalled the time when her mother went into depression as her family didn’t want a girl child. She added, “My parents gave me everything… a good education, but not an open mindset or good thoughts. They didn’t give me the freedom. They didn’t nurture me, never tried to understand me. I was playing a lot of sports, secretly, because my family didn’t allow me saying, ‘You’ll become very masculine, manly. Who will marry you?’ I had a lot of restrictions. When I was born mere pariwaar mein maatam chhaa gaya tha (there was mourning in my family). My mother, I am sure, went into depression, poor thing.”
Mallika made her Bollywood debut with Govind Menon’s Khwahish (2003) opposite Himanshu Malik. She shot to fame with Anurag Basu’s Murder (2004) produced by Mahesh Bhatt, co-starring Emraan Hashmi and Ashmit Patel. She has also appeared in films like Pyaar Ke Side Effects (2006), Welcome (2007), Dirty Politics (2015) and RK/RKay (2022). Mallika moved to the United States a few years ago and rarely visits India. She has a large, luxurious home in Los Angeles and often share glimpses of her house on Instagram.
