Here’s why Reema Lamba grew to become Mallika Sherawat: ‘My father disowned me, I disowned his name’

“I faced a lot of opposition from my family and I battled patriarchy,” Mallika Sherawat stated speaking about her preliminary years in Bollywood. The actor opened up on her household and expressed how her mother and father and siblings have been “extremely conservative” and he or she had “no support at all.”
Mallika Sherawat was born as Reema Lamba. When requested what urged her to alter the identify, Mallika stated she faces social stereotypes in that section of her life too. “My father was like — she will go into films and ruin the family name. He disowned me. So, I disowned his name. I adapted my mother’s name. Sherawat is my mother’s name,” she informed in an interview to Bollywood Bubble.

Mallika made her debut with 2002 launch Jeena Sirf Merre Liye. But she rose to fame with 2004 launch Murder, which gave her the tag of a daring heroine. She was additionally judged for her decisions by the viewers, her contemporaries and even the filmmakers. “There was a lot of judgement that she has no moral, she is a fallen woman. Dekho kaise scenes karti hai, kiss karti hai. bikini pehni hai… this and that, but it is all part of experience,” Mallika stated, including that she is pleased that the viewers has change into “tolerant” as we speak.

The Hisss actor will subsequent be seen in web-series titled Nakaab, which sees her in a never-seen-before avatar. Talking about OTT platform, Mallika stated the digital area is a boon for feminine actors. “For actresses, OTT has come as a boon. Look at Shefali Shah. She is headling a show. In main stream, that is not possible. Main stream follows a formula, which has worked for me brilliantly but I prefer OTT,” she concluded.