She was speaking the 66th Cannes International Film
Festival, at an interaction at The Variety Studio. Mallika has flaunted the
link of her interview on her Twitter page.
Talking to Variety's Steve Gaydos, the 36-year-old Indian
actress, who divides her time between India
and Los Angeles , was highly
critical of her country, particularly for women.
"I made a conscious decision to divide my time between Los
Angeles and India ,"
she told.
"So when I enjoy the social freedom in America
and go back to India ,
which is so regressive for women, it's depressing. As an independent woman,
it's really depressing”, she further added.
Hailing from Rohtak in Haryana, Mallika entered the Indian
film industry in 2003 with "Khwahish" and grabbed headlines for her
cleavage-baring clothes and over 15 screen kisses.
She also starred in popular Hindi movies like
"Murder" and "Welcome".
She went international with Jackie Chan-starrer 2005 movie
"The Myth", and then did Jennifer Lynch's "Hisss" and
William Dear's "Politics of Love".
Mallika's first visit to the Cannes
fest was with Jackie Chan for the promotion of "The Myth".
The actress is now busy with an Indian movie, "Dirty
Politics".
Talking about it, she told, "The film began six months
ago and it's a biopic. It's a story of a woman who is a nurse; she gets
involved with a politician and gets murdered in the end. It shows how the
government reacts to it."
Mallika told, "India
is a hypocritical society where women are really at the bottom as compared to
men. And here was this woman (in the film) who actually had the courage to
stand up to this politician who kind of raped her, molested her, abused her and
record his misgivings and release it to the press. You don't do that in a country like India ,
and she had the courage to do that."
She claimed she was the first actress in India
to kiss on screen and wear a bikini.
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