Mallika Sherawat

February 21st, 2010 |

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Mallika Sherawat

Mallika Sherawat (Hindi: मल्लिका शेरावत, born as Reema Lamba in Karnal, Haryana, India) is an Indian actress and model. Known for her public openness, she is frequently featured in the Indian media as a sex symbol.

Early life

Mallika Sherawat’s birth name is Reema Lamba; she says that she adopted the screen name of “Mallika”, meaning “empress” to avoid confusion with other actresses named Reema. “Sherawat” is her mother’s maiden name. She is from a Jat family. She has stated that she uses her mother’s maiden name because of all the support her mother has provided for her. She went to school at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. She has obtained a degree in Indian philosophy from Miranda House, Delhi University.

She started her career as a part time air-hostess and was married to Jet Airways pilot Captain Karan Singh Gill . She had to divorce him to pursue her Bollywood dreams.

Career

Mallika’s onscreen debut was in Lak Tunoo, a music video by Surjit Bindrakhia. She attracted wide notice with her appearance in the 2003 movie Khwahish. In 2004, she starred in Murder, a film inspired by Hollywood’s Unfaithful. She received a nomination for Best Actress at the Zee Cine Awards ceremony for her performance in Murder. The film went on to become one of the biggest hits of the year.

Since then, Sherawat has been known for her courage to express her opinions in public, as well as because of the reaction to some of her statements.

She also made news when she won a small role in a Jackie Chan movie, The Myth; she made a widely publicized appearance at the Cannes Film Festival to promote The Myth.

However, her performance in the 2006 film Pyaar Ke Side Effects co-starring Rahul Bose won her praise from around the industry, and the film also garnered decent collections at the box office becoming a moderate success.

She played a small role in Dasavathaaram after her item number in a Tamil film.

Her first 2007 release was Himesh Reshammiya’s Aap Ka Suroor – The Real Love Story, where she played a “vampish role”. Mallika herself has protested, saying that it is a negative role but not a vamp role. With Aap Ka Suroor she has become the most expensive “Item Girl”, as she charged Rs. 1.5 crore for her Item number in the movie. Aap Ka Suroor did well at the box office. Her last release of 2007 was Welcome which also did well at the box office receiving blockbuster status.

Her 2008 releases are Ugly aur Pagli and Mann gaye Mughal e Azam. Although Mallika got praises for her acting, both films were not successful at the boxoffice.

She is now doing a Hollywood film named Hisss starring Irrfan Khan directed by Jennifer Lynch.The film is in Post-production stage. Mallika is now staying in Los Angeles. She is on a working visa recommended by Jackie Chan. She is also famous on twitter with username mallikala.

On 14 August,2009 Mallika received the LA Honorary Citizenship.

Sherawat has been voted as one of Asia’s 100 most beautiful people by the Hong Kong based fashion and beauty magazine, Cover.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Jeena Sirf Merre Liye	Sonia (Special appearance)	credited as Reema Lamba
2003	Khwahish	Lekha Khorzuvekar
2004	Kis Kis Ki Kismat	Meena Madhok
2004	Murder	Simran Saigal
2005	Bachke Rehna Re Baba	Padmini a.k.a. Paddu/Alka/Meera
2005	The Myth	Indian Princess	Chinese film
2006	Pyaar Ke Side Effects	Trisha
2006	Shaadi Se Pehle	Sania
2006	Darna Zaroori Hai
2007	Guru	Jhumpa – The Dancer	Item number Mayya Mayya Special Appearance
2007	Preeti Eke Bhoomi Melide		Item number Kannada film
2007	Aap Ka Suroor – The Real Love Story	Ruby	Special Appearance
2007	Fauj Mein Mauj	Sunehri Dhanda	postponed
2007	Preeti Yeke Bhoomi melide	Item Girl	Kannada
2007	Welcome	Ishika
2008	Dasavathaaram	Jasmine	Tamil film
2008	Ugly Aur Pagli	Kuhu	Released
2008	Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam	Shabnam	Released
2009	Hisss		Post Production