In a recent interview with a news portal, the actress claimed that Deepika’s modern-noir film was similar to her 2004 film ‘Murder’, in which she starred. Emraan Hashmi in a leading role. He had done murder 15 years ago. Mallika said, “What Deepika Padukone did in Gehraiyaan, I did it 15 years ago, but then people were very narrow-minded.”
The actress also recalled the uproar created when her film was released in theatres. “There was such a ruckus when I did the murder. People talked all kinds of things about kisses and bikinis.”
She also accused the film industry of torturing her by discussing her body and physical appearance and not her acting skills. “Let me tell you that a section of the industry and media was torturing me mentally. These people only talked about my body and glamour, not my acting. I did ‘Dashavatharam’, ‘Pyaar Ke’. ‘Side Effects’ and ‘Welcome’ but no one talked about my acting,” she said.
Mallika will share screen space with Kubra Sait, Ranvir Shorey, Manu Rishi Chadha, Chandrachur Rai, Abhijit Deshpande, Abhishek Sharma, Grace Girdhar and Vaishali Malhara in the upcoming film, which hits the big screens on July 22.