Mallika Sherawat finally gives it back to Priyanka Chopra!

A video in which Mallika Sherawat is having an intense argument with a journo went viral on YouTube recently. I am completely in awe of the way the actor tackled questions thrown at her by a pesky reporter. Why she had to call India ‘regressive’ on an international platform like Cannes? – That’s what the babe was asked by the journo.

Well, Mallika obviously justified herself in a very intelligent manner. It was indeed very impressive when she substantiated her statement by talking about female foeticide, child marriages and honour killings and how such issues still plague our country. She put her firm foot down and said that she is not going to be a hypocrite and glorify Indian society especially when gang rapes still make the top headlines every other day. And if you remember the whole ‘calling India regressive’ episode at the Cannes, Priyanka Chopra seemed visibly upset about the way Sherawat portrayed Bharat at The Variety studio. PC thought it was highly callous on Sherawat’s part to say something so insensitive.  

Though Mallika’s fitting jawab was for the reporter, but it really looked and sounded like she finally made herself clear to people like PC and many more who have been slinging mud at the Bachelorette babe for speaking her mind.

Yes, I put Mallika on a fairly high pedestal after hearing her out in the interview, but that doesn’t change the fact that Ms Sherawat continues to be a person who still says a lot of mindless and attention-seeking things.

For instance, in relation to the Cannes hullaballoo, she may have justified herself on the whole ‘why she called India regressive’ matter, but how will she justify inane statements like –‘I’ am the first woman to kiss onscreen in India’, ‘I am the first heroine to wear a bikini in Bollywood’ et al.  Really, I need to know this from the horse’s mouth; what was MS thinking when she claimed all this so proudly in her messed up accent and astonishingly terrible grammar.