Yet another controversy has surfaced regarding Bollywood sex-kitten Mallika Sherawat and this one concerns her age.
The tabloids insist that Mallika cannot be 25 years old as claimed by her mother. Instead, she could well be 35 years old.
A private TV channel even aired Mallika's group photo taken in way back 1995 when she was working as an airhostess. Records show her age then to be 24 years old!
Mallika, who celebrated a birthday earlier this week, is however amused by all the speculation.
Talking to a leading news channel, she joked, "You know something. I'm 45 and I have two grandkids. “ It's just that about me there's more misinformation than information. And surprisingly, they inflate all my positives and negatives. They inflate my ego, my success, my failure -- and now they've inflated my age!"
Having earned rave reviews for her performance in Pyar Ke Side Effects , Mallika will be now seen as an ex-CIA agent in a movie ‘Dasavatharam’ with Kamal Haasan , where the actor himself plays a record-breaking ten roles!
Reveals Ravi Kumar, director of the movie, "Mallika agreed to do the movie even before she saw the script. She plays a bold, modern girl. It was a pleasure working with her as she would report every morning at seven on the dot."
"But one had to be professional since Kamal himself would reach the sets around 2.30 -3 am everyday! He would do his make-up for about five hours and by the time Mallika arrived he would be ready for the shot,” he adds.
So while her kitty is full of work why is she keeping a low profile these days?
"I really haven't been keeping a low profile. I just think and believe that it is time for me to shut up and do some good work. I've blabbed enough," Mallika gushes.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Monday, October 09, 2006
Mallika Sherawat plays an ex-CIA agent
Bollywood’s sex kitten plays a unique embodiment of oomph and IQ in Kamal Haasan’s movie.
Mallika Sherawat ’s southern sojourn is sure generating lots of hype. To start with, the lissome girl teams up with Kamal Haasan in the bilingual (Tamil and Hindi) movie ‘Dasavatharam’.
The film will have Mallika playing an ex-CIA agent, while Haasan plays as many as ten different roles. It is learnt that Mallika was so excited about working with Haasan that she gave her consent to the project even before reading the script.
Mallika will also give some steamy scenes with Haasan in the movie. Her character is that of a bold, sexy and intelligent girl.
On a different front, Mallika has also agreed to do an item number in the Kannada film Preethi Eke Bhoomi Melidhe by Ashwini Ram Prasad.
Well, it appears Mallika is ready to leave her mark downsouth also.
Source: ApunKaChoice
Mallika Sherawat ’s southern sojourn is sure generating lots of hype. To start with, the lissome girl teams up with Kamal Haasan in the bilingual (Tamil and Hindi) movie ‘Dasavatharam’.
The film will have Mallika playing an ex-CIA agent, while Haasan plays as many as ten different roles. It is learnt that Mallika was so excited about working with Haasan that she gave her consent to the project even before reading the script.
Mallika will also give some steamy scenes with Haasan in the movie. Her character is that of a bold, sexy and intelligent girl.
On a different front, Mallika has also agreed to do an item number in the Kannada film Preethi Eke Bhoomi Melidhe by Ashwini Ram Prasad.
Well, it appears Mallika is ready to leave her mark downsouth also.
Source: ApunKaChoice
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Mallika to join the item girl band wagon down south
Mallika Sherawat is all set to debut as an item girl in a South film called Preethi Eke Bhoomi Melidhe. Apparently, she has charged the makers a bomb for the film which requires just six days of shoot. This is not the first time she will be seen in the south. She also starred in a Kamal Hassan film.
Apart from this she is also doing an item number in Mani Ratnam’s Guru starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai and it may be recalled that she refused an item number in Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay.
Another item girl Yana Gupta, who has done songs like Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo and What a babe previously, has been signed to another item number. This time for Smita Thackeray’s next home production Kaise Kahe. The song titled Teri Yaadein was shot recently and the music was given by Ankur Tiwari.
Source: IndiaFM
Apart from this she is also doing an item number in Mani Ratnam’s Guru starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai and it may be recalled that she refused an item number in Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay.
Another item girl Yana Gupta, who has done songs like Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo and What a babe previously, has been signed to another item number. This time for Smita Thackeray’s next home production Kaise Kahe. The song titled Teri Yaadein was shot recently and the music was given by Ankur Tiwari.
Source: IndiaFM
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
No Matter What, Mallika’s Hot
No matter what, Mallika’s Hot. There are stories doing the round speculating Mallika Sherawat’s age. According to a picture dated 1995 floating in various media circles, Mallika is said to be 23 then. That makes her to be 34 today (And she says that she is 25). Now, I fail to understand as long as she is oogle-worthy-with-dollars-of-oomph, why does anyone have to get after her ‘true age’.
In Hollywood, a Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz touch their sexiest peak in their mid thirties, so why do we have to have this regressive mentality with Bollywood babes. Mallika is looking ravishing in the promos of ‘Pyaar Ke Side Effects’, she continues to be the fantasy of both the masses as well as the classes, then why pull skeletons out of her cabinet just to prove-a-point. Till the time you can’t click those wrinkles, let the Seven Up Gini Girl sizzle you with her curves. As I’d said in the beginning…I’d reiterate…No matter what, Mallika’s Hot.
Source: Indiaglitz
In Hollywood, a Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Demi Moore, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz touch their sexiest peak in their mid thirties, so why do we have to have this regressive mentality with Bollywood babes. Mallika is looking ravishing in the promos of ‘Pyaar Ke Side Effects’, she continues to be the fantasy of both the masses as well as the classes, then why pull skeletons out of her cabinet just to prove-a-point. Till the time you can’t click those wrinkles, let the Seven Up Gini Girl sizzle you with her curves. As I’d said in the beginning…I’d reiterate…No matter what, Mallika’s Hot.
Source: Indiaglitz
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Mallika responsible for Sleaze
Internationally acclaimed film-maker Jahnu Barua has called for a vibrant society to check the rising number of 'Mallika Sherawat-brand' of heroines, blaming the phenomenon on the negative aspect of 'liberalisation of Indian cinema'.
He also urged the need to produce world-class movies, citing the example of Iran, which makes a dozen films annually but all top-class.
The Padmashree awardee was delivering the fourth Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla Memorial Lecture on 'The New Trend in Indian Cinema - Thematically, Aesthetically and Technologically', organised by the Gauhati Cine Club, here yesterday.
Mr Barua traced the origin of the type of commercial cinema we are seeing now to the economic liberalisation of 1991. He said, "Cinema is a huge economic investment, the content of Indian cinema was forced to go through rapid changes with the advent of new economic policies."
While the liberalisation encouraged the film-makers to experiment with new themes, the multiplexes and various TV channels provided a platform for these films.
He said the audience for 'alternative' cinema, which always existed, could be identified with these changes and films like "15 Park Avenue", "Everyone says I'm Fine" and "My Brother Nikhil could be counted in hits.
English language Indian films and use of English in Hindi films was also growing, he added.
Moreover, liberalisation also helped in bringing the true talents to the fore, he added.
The 15 international-level award winner pointed out that this had also set in mediocrity and a lot of 'non-talent' had arrived.
Mr Barua said liberalisation had brought in 'corporatisation', which had changed the look of the mainstream movies.
He claimed that the heroine's image had been hit the hardest by this concept with the heroine taking over the vamp's role, as it made more economic sense to the producers.
Quoting film critic Ajit Duara, Mr Barua said the success of Murder and Mallika Sherawat led to a glut of films like Girlfriend, Julie and Zeher, which saw the marketing of the heroine as 'commodities'.
Mr Barua opined that the current bunch of heroines, starting their careers as models might have fanned the phenomenon as these girls were trained in a profession where 'creation of icons' is the primary target.
Elaborating on the negative side of the liberalisation of Indian cinema, the director said subjects or stories were being given the least importance. "The most interesting effect is in how it has transformed the traditional story telling into something that is mostly borrowed from the West," he added.
While appreciating the technological advances film making has seen over the years, Mr Barua said if ripped of its technological gimmicks, most films of the present lot would have no base at all.
He said funding of films had become easier now but 'frequently the source is obscure and there are many vested interests involved'.
He also lamented that organisations like NFDC and CFSI were not getting adequate funding, due to which quality films were not being promoted.
On the regional cinema scene, Mr Barua, who has to his credit 10 Assamese films, said the condition was pathetic.
It was more so for Assamese, Manipuri, Oriya, Kannada or Bengali films compared to Hindi, Tamil or Telegu films as 'it has become a question of survival not a new trend'.
Mr Barua lamented the fact that there was 'hardly any new trend in our cinema'.
He said there were only some haphazard changes in contemporary cinema, which have proved to be too short lived and purposeless.
Mr Barua called for discussions on the current scenerio of Indian films and asked the audience to discard films which failed to portray society properly.
Source: Santabanta
He also urged the need to produce world-class movies, citing the example of Iran, which makes a dozen films annually but all top-class.
The Padmashree awardee was delivering the fourth Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla Memorial Lecture on 'The New Trend in Indian Cinema - Thematically, Aesthetically and Technologically', organised by the Gauhati Cine Club, here yesterday.
Mr Barua traced the origin of the type of commercial cinema we are seeing now to the economic liberalisation of 1991. He said, "Cinema is a huge economic investment, the content of Indian cinema was forced to go through rapid changes with the advent of new economic policies."
While the liberalisation encouraged the film-makers to experiment with new themes, the multiplexes and various TV channels provided a platform for these films.
He said the audience for 'alternative' cinema, which always existed, could be identified with these changes and films like "15 Park Avenue", "Everyone says I'm Fine" and "My Brother Nikhil could be counted in hits.
English language Indian films and use of English in Hindi films was also growing, he added.
Moreover, liberalisation also helped in bringing the true talents to the fore, he added.
The 15 international-level award winner pointed out that this had also set in mediocrity and a lot of 'non-talent' had arrived.
Mr Barua said liberalisation had brought in 'corporatisation', which had changed the look of the mainstream movies.
He claimed that the heroine's image had been hit the hardest by this concept with the heroine taking over the vamp's role, as it made more economic sense to the producers.
Quoting film critic Ajit Duara, Mr Barua said the success of Murder and Mallika Sherawat led to a glut of films like Girlfriend, Julie and Zeher, which saw the marketing of the heroine as 'commodities'.
Mr Barua opined that the current bunch of heroines, starting their careers as models might have fanned the phenomenon as these girls were trained in a profession where 'creation of icons' is the primary target.
Elaborating on the negative side of the liberalisation of Indian cinema, the director said subjects or stories were being given the least importance. "The most interesting effect is in how it has transformed the traditional story telling into something that is mostly borrowed from the West," he added.
While appreciating the technological advances film making has seen over the years, Mr Barua said if ripped of its technological gimmicks, most films of the present lot would have no base at all.
He said funding of films had become easier now but 'frequently the source is obscure and there are many vested interests involved'.
He also lamented that organisations like NFDC and CFSI were not getting adequate funding, due to which quality films were not being promoted.
On the regional cinema scene, Mr Barua, who has to his credit 10 Assamese films, said the condition was pathetic.
It was more so for Assamese, Manipuri, Oriya, Kannada or Bengali films compared to Hindi, Tamil or Telegu films as 'it has become a question of survival not a new trend'.
Mr Barua lamented the fact that there was 'hardly any new trend in our cinema'.
He said there were only some haphazard changes in contemporary cinema, which have proved to be too short lived and purposeless.
Mr Barua called for discussions on the current scenerio of Indian films and asked the audience to discard films which failed to portray society properly.
Source: Santabanta
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Mallika to play villain
By Indo Asian News Service
Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat will play a negative role in Kamal Haasan's forthcoming Tamil film 'Dasavataram'.
Kamal told the media that Mallika had accepted the role of a villain.
He said the brief discussion took place when she was here recently for shooting in Mani Ratnam-directed 'Guru', in which she plays a crucial cameo role.
According to Kamal, Mallika told him she was 'prepared to play any role' in a film made by him. Kamal is playing 10 different roles in the film.
Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat will play a negative role in Kamal Haasan's forthcoming Tamil film 'Dasavataram'.
Kamal told the media that Mallika had accepted the role of a villain.
He said the brief discussion took place when she was here recently for shooting in Mani Ratnam-directed 'Guru', in which she plays a crucial cameo role.
According to Kamal, Mallika told him she was 'prepared to play any role' in a film made by him. Kamal is playing 10 different roles in the film.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Mallika mania grips Kollywood
Mallika Sherawat emerged a hot property in Indian film industry after her sensuous and sexy portrayal in the Bollywood flick Murder. Going on to act with Jackie Chan in The Myth, this glam-doll won rave reviews and even won international acclaims.
This tall actress is now all set to cast her magic spell in Kollywood.
She maybe all set to shake her legs with both Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.
Mallika Sherawat, is believed to be cast opposite Kamal Haasan's Dasavatharam. And according to news in the vernacular media, she is also appearing in an item number for Rajinikanth's Sivaji.
So Mallika is one of the very few in the industry to act with both Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan simultaneously. Besides she is also acting in half-a-dozen Hindi movies.
Mallika Sherawat is one of the highest paid actresses in India now. Though she got few offers in Tamil before, she chose to wait. Now her patience has been rewarded with double joy.
This tall actress is now all set to cast her magic spell in Kollywood.
She maybe all set to shake her legs with both Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.
Mallika Sherawat, is believed to be cast opposite Kamal Haasan's Dasavatharam. And according to news in the vernacular media, she is also appearing in an item number for Rajinikanth's Sivaji.
So Mallika is one of the very few in the industry to act with both Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan simultaneously. Besides she is also acting in half-a-dozen Hindi movies.
Mallika Sherawat is one of the highest paid actresses in India now. Though she got few offers in Tamil before, she chose to wait. Now her patience has been rewarded with double joy.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
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Mallika Sherawat has virtually dropped her
clothes. Earlier known as Reema Lamba, she started out as a small-time model
and actress from Delhi, before she re-christened herself Mallika Sherawat..
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Full Name: Mallika Sherawat
Birth Name: Reema Lambha
Date of Birth: 24 October 1981
Place of Birth: Haryana, India
Height: 5' 6½''
Education: Graduated from University of Delhi, India.
Nationality: Indian.
Profession: actor.
Claim to Fame: "Khwahish", the Indian film, which had almost 17 smooching scenes.
In order to acquire the tag of India's sex symbol, Mallika Sherawat has virtually dropped her clothes. Earlier known as Reema Lamba, she started out as a small-time model and actress from Delhi, before she re-christened herself Mallika Sherawat.
A small-town girl (from Rohtak in Haryana), Mallika always had stars in her eyes and was determined to pursue the glamour profession and give it all it took to make it. Even though her conservative father was dead against her decision, Mallika defied his wishes and moved to Mumbai to carve a niche for herself in the big bad world of showbiz. Very few would know that she not only defied her father’s wishes, but also walked out of her marriage with Jet Airways pilot Captain Karan Singh Gill in Delhi to pursue her dream. Mallika, then called Reema, had married Karan soon after she completed her graduation from Miranda House, Delhi University and was working as a part time airhostess.
With good reason, Mallika displayed enough skin to make her one of the 'hottest' actresses in the Hindi film industry today. Mallika debuted in a small role in Vashu Bhagnani's Jeena Sirf Mere Liye, but it was Khwahish and her dare bare attitude with co-actor Himanshu Mallik that brought her fame in Bollywood.
At 21, Mallika was on the cover page of an international magazine, Snoop, and the Indian edition of Cosmopolitan. And all this before her debut film had even hit the marquee. Truly outstanding for a girl, who does not come from a famous film family and has no godfather.
Then Mahesh Bhatt's thriller Murder directed by Anurag Basu has put Mallika in an unconventional act. A story of a lonely married woman having an affair, the film had shades of celebration, of blossoming passion, love and insecurity. Murder became the top grosser of 2004 raising Mallika’s popularity immensely, this time people were taking note of her acting skills along with the bold scenes in the movie.
While the publicity machinery going berserk promoting Mallika’s next film Kiss Kiss Ki Kismat as a sizzling sexually simmering synthesis of the two Jat actors Dharmendra and Mallika Sherawat, the fact is the twosome play father-in-law and daughter-in-law in the film.
Barely two films old, Mallika has not only established herself in Bollywood, she is also going international having bagged Jackie Chan’s next film The Myth (earlier titled Time Breaker). Audacious, vulnerable, and with tons of oomph, Mallika has the code to hack the 'Succeed in Bollywood' password.
This girl from Harayana has surprised everyone by her immense and immediate success. If media attention is the barometer of stardom then Mallika Sherawat is by far the biggest star of Bollywood at the moment. The print medium and its visual counterpart are busy lapping up every pearl of wisdom that the ‘Murder Mademoiselle’ utters. She knows how to shock, and…well…the Indian middleclass loves to be shocked.
Mallika became known as a sex symbol after her starring appearance in the hit film Murder (2004).
On July 2004, the Bollywood film producers' union IMPAA temporarily blacklisted Mallika. Filmmaker Ramesh Sharma complained that she had committed breach of contract when she failed to turn up, as promised, for the filming of Kab Kyun Kahan (started in 1999).
She was listed at number 10 on the 2004 Filmfare Top Ten Actress' List.
Mallika, who has earned her reputation by shocking the Indian middle class, was the first Indian woman to get an offer to pose nude for Playboy magazine. She refused the offer, citing her morals and upbringing.
Bears a resemblance to actress Halle Berry.
Is a graduate of Delhi University.
Some of her favorite films are Sholay (1975), Silsila (1981) and Masoom (1983).
Is the first Indian woman to get an offer to pose nude for Playboy magazine. Mallika, however, refused the offer due to her morals and upbringing.
The cost of the diamonds that Mallika wore at the Cannes Film Festival 2005 was Rs 45 million. They were sponsored by Orra Diamonds. Nine sets of jewelery were especially designed for Mallika, including diamond studded necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
Changed her name from Reema Lamba to Mallika Sherawat when she did her first film, Khwahish (2003). She claims to have changed it because there were already too many actresses in the industry with similar names like Reema Sen, Raima Sen, and Rimii Sen.
She accepted the Advisory Board membership of the Asian Academy of film and television supporting the film education in India.
Personal quotes
"I've slogged like crazy to get where I am. And those who think it's just my body that got me where I am, they should take a look at the others who have rushed in after me. They haven't gone beyond their first feverish film".
"I have always looked up to Bipasha and she has certainly opened a lot of doors for many actresses like us. But I don't want to compete against anyone. I think I am one of a kind".
"I have always wanted to be an actress. In spite of strong opposition from my orthodox family, I came to Mumbai in 2002 on completion of my graduation from Delhi University. In fact, I ran off from home to pursue my career. I knew my parents would never let me be an actress, so I had to take the bold step. However, I have a strong support from my kid brother Vikram, whom I love more than anything else in this world."
"I would like to say I handle criticism well. In fact I enjoy reading the comments of the critics. It's great to have critics blasting you all the time. It keeps you on your toes, spurs you, challenges you, makes you want to get better. I take everything positively. There's so much to learn and do." (Movie Mag International, September 2004)
On her film, The Myth (2005): I may not be here to titillate, but I am not sorry if I have that edge. People aren't coming to the theaters to see me in a burqa". (Movie Mag International, September 2004)
"I had a song with Tusshar Kapoor in _Jeena Sirf Merre Liye_(2002) and they cut it. I'm so happy nobody went to the theaters to watch the film. The only people who must have watched the film were Tusshar's family, my family and Kareena's".(Stardust, March 2003)
"I graduated from Delhi, and came down to Bombay to try my hand at films. I always wanted to be an actress. I'd ape all the actresses before the mirror even when it was forbidden in my community. Wide-eyed as I may sound, it's a dream come true, yaar! I remember when I disclosed my career option to my folks, all hell broke loose. My father is a zamindar back home. So you can imagine all the fuss. And my mom, she still wears a ghunghat." (Stardust, March 2003)
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