Mallika Sherawat is a well-known Indian actress and former model who has copped her fair share of flack over the years. Usually the Indian beauty is condemned for the number of kisses in her Bollywood movies or her involvement with ‘Hollywood’ projects.
This time, she’s come under fire for apparently shaming the state of India in the foreign press. In a recent international interview Sherawat was questioned over the position of women in India. Being the honest and straightforward woman that she is, she told them – yes, India is regressive when it comes to women.
This compelling video depicts a Q&A held subsequent to the comments she made over the regressive state of India. Watch as a female interviewer tries to slam Mallika for bringing shame upon her homeland in an international context. What is incredible is Sherawat never backs down; she continues to stand firmly for the women of her nation again and again.
We’re awe-inspired by her self confidence and her ability to stand up to the press.
We’ve broken down the best bits so you don’t miss a beat:
0.00-0.13: ‘The best of Mallika Sherawat press slamming’ mashup.
0.31: ‘You need to do your homework.’
0.40: Interviewer asks why Mallika thinks Indian society is a regressive state for women.
0.45: Mallika hits back ‘… with female feticide, infanticide happening on almost a daily basis; with gang rapes making the headlines of almost every newspaper; with honour killings..’ (surely that’s reason enough?!)
1.05: ‘.. I think its a very, very regressive state for women. And I stand by it!’ *small applause*
2.06: Once again Mallika shuts down the interviewer with ‘do your homework!’
3.34: The interviewer pulls the old ‘no offence, but…’ by praising Mallika for being a ‘very intelligent woman who speaks very well’ then slamming her for speaking about the regressive state of India on an international platform.
3.51: ‘As a woman I should lie about the state of women in our country?! So I didn’t lie. I said the truth’
5.24: ‘I expect women of this country to stand by me.’
5.33: A male interviewer commends her for speaking from her heart.
5.40: She smiles sweetly and thanks him.
Top Comments
It was such a case as "don't speak about the family outside of the family". She was not condemned for her opinion, she was being condemned for speaking about it to the world press. I think if India is upset about how it is portrayed outside of India it should look internally for the answers. Reminds me of a few other countries I know. What a wonderful passionate lady.
She is doing nothing but trivialising a serious issue by her ignorance..
6 months back she claimed she was the first actress to kiss and did a bikini shot, everybody had a chuckle on her pompousness and ignoramus..
this just goes to show it's women who hold women back more then men do