Mallika Sherawat: 'What Deepika Padukone did in Gehraaiyaan, I did 15 years ago in Murder'

Actress Mallika Sherawat recently compared her 2004 film 'Murder' with Deepika Padukone's latest release 'Gehraaiyaan.'

In an interview with Prabhat Khabar, Mallika said that a section of the industry always talked about her body and glamour, never her acting.

Talking about the changes that the new age brought in the film industry, Mallika said that earlier, the heroines were either 'too good, sati-savitri types who were too innocent to know anything, or they were the characterless vamps'.

She said that these were the only two types of roles written for heroines and now films show women as 'humans'. "She can be happy or sad. She can make mistakes, she can falter, and you love them despite all of that," Mallika said.

The actress said now heroines are more confident about their bodies as well. "Such hue and cry was created when I did Murder. People said all kinds of things about the kiss and the bikini. What Deepika Padukone did in Gehraaiyaan, 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 'Dashavataram', 'Pyaar Ke Side Effects' and 'Welcome' but none talked about my acting," Mallika added.

'Murder' starred Mallika opposite Emraan Hashmi and was widely talked about for the steamy scenes that Emraan and Mallika shared in the film. It was directed by Anurag Basu.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Mallika is gearing up for the release of her next, 'RK/RKay' with Rajat Kapoor. It also stars Kubbra Sait, Ranvir Shorey, Manu Rishi Chadha, Chandrachoor Rai, Abhijeet Deshpande, Abhishek Sharrma, Grace Girdhar, and Vaishali Malhara.