Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Mallika
Sherawat/Instagram
Mallika
Sherawat,
who
made
her
debut
in
Bollywood
in
2003
with
Khwahish
,
has
not
had
a
release
lately,
even
though
she
has
been
active
on
social
media.
Recently,
she
shared
pictures
from
her
film
Hisss
and
spoke
her
heart
out.
‘Throughout
my
acting
career
I
have
frequently
faced
ridicule
&
moral
scrutiny
for
making
Bold
choices
on
screen,’
she
wrote.
‘I
was
always
judged
for
stepping
outside
traditional
boundaries.’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Mallika
Sherawat/Instagram
‘Moral
police
often
frequently
targets
women
criticizing
them
for
their
clothing
choices
or
for
their
behavior
which
defies
entrenched
patriarchal
norms
that
seek
to
regulate
&
control
women’s
bodies
&
behaviors.
‘When
I
have
taken
on
roles
that
challenge
traditional
views
of
feminity
or
roles
that
involved
controversial
themes,
I
discovered
it
is
often
women
who
have
voiced
the
loudest
objections!’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Mallika
Sherawat/Instagram
‘I
feel
the
most
beautiful
woman
in
the
world
is
a
woman
who
protects
&
uplifts
other
women.
‘Instead
of
judging
each
other
for
Bold
choices
we
should
celebrate
the
courage
it
takes
to
break
free
from
regressive
traditional
boundaries.’
Mallika
was
last
seen
in
Rajat
Kapoor’s
2021
film
RK/RKay.
She
will
make
her
comeback
in
V
C
Vadivudaiyan’s
Tamil
film
Pambattam
co-starring
Jeevan.
