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Mallika Sherawat Profile
Name : Mallika Sherawat
Birth Name : Reema Lambha
Nickname : Bollywood's Kissing Queen
Sex : Female
Birth Date : 24 October 1972
Birth Place : Rohtak, Haryana, India
Height : 5' 6½"
Sun Sign : Scorpio
Nationality : Indian
Profession : Actress, Model
Current Residence : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education : Jindal public school Rohtak, Haryana; Miranda House, Delhi University
Previous Profession : Air Hostess (before becoming actress)
Relationships : Karan Singh Gill (Pilot) - divorced
Favourite Films : Sholay (1975), Silsila (1981) and Masoom (1983)
Distinction : Resembles Hollywood actress Halle Berry, Most popular sexy Bollywood actress
Debut Music Video : Lak Tunoo (Surjit Bindrakhia)
Debut Film : Khwahish (2003)
Debut International Film : The Myth (Chinese) in 2005
Claim To Fame : Simran Saigal in Murder (2004)
Mallika Sherawat (born October 24, 1981 as Reema Lamba) is an Indian actress and model from the Hisar and Rohtak area of the state of Haryana. She has a degree in philosophy from Miranda House, Delhi University. She is infamously known for her controversial sex related statements. She has become the first Indian actress to work with Jackie Chan.
Sherawat adopted the screen name of Mallika to avoid confusion with other actresses named Reema. Mallika meaning "empress" is what she likes to call herself. Sherawat is her mother's maiden surname, and adopting the name was an acknowledgement to her mother's support in making Reema an actress.
In July 2004, the film producers' union IMPAA had banned Mallika from Bollywood, after a complaint filed by filmmaker Ramesh Sharma over breach of contract, and refusal to turn up on the dates committed for the film Kab Kyun Kahan (started in 1999).
Mallika acquired a sex symbol tag after the film Murder (2004) in which she starred, became one of the most successful films of the year.
Mallika Sherawat is the first Indian woman to get an offer to pose nude for Playboy magazine. Mallika, however, refused the offer due to her morals and upbringing.
Source : mallikasherawat.org
Mallika Sherawat Biography
Mallika Sherawat born on October 24th 1981 in Rohtak, Haryana is the most prominent sexy actress in Bollywood, who charged a whopping Rs.1.5 crores for just an item number and became the highest paid actress in Bollywood.
Born in a conservative family as Reema Lamba, she changed her name to Mallika Sherawat in order to distinguish herself from similar names like Reema Sen, Riima Sen, and Riya Sen in Bollywood. Mallika meaning 'Empress' and Sherawat being her mother's name, she became Mallika Sherawat. A graduate in Philosophy from Delhi University, Mallika Sherawat prior to her Bollywood entry has worked as an airhostess and fell in love with a pilot Karan Singh Gill and soon married. But the marriage quickly ended in divorce and Mallika Sherawat backpacked herself to Mumbai in search of her dreams. The burning desire to become an actress one day was there in her since childhood and she grew up dreaming of a wonderful life as an actress.
After a string of commercial campaigns like Santro and 7Up, Mallika Sherawat made her Bollywood debut in 2002 with "Jeena Sirf Mere Liye". Next came "Kwashish" in 2003, in which Mallika Sherawat was at her sexiest best and stunned the audience with her seventeen luscious kisses and provocative performance and went on to earn nicknames like 'Bollywood Bombshell', 'Sexy Diva' and 'The sex queen of Bollywood' and so on. In 2004, she followed it with "Murder", a Hollywood version of "Unfaithful". The sex queen's performance in the role of a woman with an extra-marital affair in "Murder" was well appreciated throughput the film industry. The movie eventually became one of the biggest hits of the year.
With two huge hits under her belt, Mallika Sherawat has become bolder and more provocative in choosing her roles. In "San wa" or "The Myth" [2005], where she starred in a small role opposite international celebrity Jackie Chan, Mallika Sherawat looked stunningly sexy in revealing costumes. When she appeared at Cannes Film Festival along with Jackie Chan to promote the movie, Mallika Sherawat became the central attraction and hogged all the limelight.
Shedding her image as the 'hottest item girl', Mallika Sherawat gave an amazing performance in "Pyaar Ke Side Effects" [2006] and proved that she too can act and evoke emotions in us. She really evoked laughter in us with her comical performance in the movie. After having proved herself as an actress, she has donned a variety of roles in movies like "Bachke Rehna Re Baba" [2005], "Shaadi Se Pehle" [2006] and so on.
In Himesh Reshammiya's "Aap Ka Suroor" [2007], the queen of Bollywood has appeared in a 10-minute cameo role and was reportedly paid a massive Rs.1.5 crores for her sensational item number. This the sexy starlet, Mallika Sherawat became the highest paid actress in the history of Bollywood and reached the stature of Hollywood's Marlon Brando who was paid $14 million for his 10-minute appearance in "Superman" in 1978.
Mallika Sherawat is now pinning hopes on her upcoming movies like "Welcome", "Fauj Mein Mauj", and "Unveiled" and "Dashaavataram", a multi-lingual movie being shot in seven Indian languages besides English.
Every magazine right from Filmfare, Femina to Man’s World, Cosmopolitan and Snoop magazine published from London have featured Mallika Sherawat, the hottest actress on their covers. Hong Kong's fashion magazine, Cover which declared Mallika Sherawat as one among the 100 most beautiful women in Asia is also planning to do a feature story on this Bollywood's sexy actress for their millions of readers. The sexy queen was even approached by the world famous Playboy magazine to appear nude for its feature pages, which she declined politely.
Source : mallikasherawat.org
Born in a conservative family as Reema Lamba, she changed her name to Mallika Sherawat in order to distinguish herself from similar names like Reema Sen, Riima Sen, and Riya Sen in Bollywood. Mallika meaning 'Empress' and Sherawat being her mother's name, she became Mallika Sherawat. A graduate in Philosophy from Delhi University, Mallika Sherawat prior to her Bollywood entry has worked as an airhostess and fell in love with a pilot Karan Singh Gill and soon married. But the marriage quickly ended in divorce and Mallika Sherawat backpacked herself to Mumbai in search of her dreams. The burning desire to become an actress one day was there in her since childhood and she grew up dreaming of a wonderful life as an actress.
After a string of commercial campaigns like Santro and 7Up, Mallika Sherawat made her Bollywood debut in 2002 with "Jeena Sirf Mere Liye". Next came "Kwashish" in 2003, in which Mallika Sherawat was at her sexiest best and stunned the audience with her seventeen luscious kisses and provocative performance and went on to earn nicknames like 'Bollywood Bombshell', 'Sexy Diva' and 'The sex queen of Bollywood' and so on. In 2004, she followed it with "Murder", a Hollywood version of "Unfaithful". The sex queen's performance in the role of a woman with an extra-marital affair in "Murder" was well appreciated throughput the film industry. The movie eventually became one of the biggest hits of the year.
With two huge hits under her belt, Mallika Sherawat has become bolder and more provocative in choosing her roles. In "San wa" or "The Myth" [2005], where she starred in a small role opposite international celebrity Jackie Chan, Mallika Sherawat looked stunningly sexy in revealing costumes. When she appeared at Cannes Film Festival along with Jackie Chan to promote the movie, Mallika Sherawat became the central attraction and hogged all the limelight.
Shedding her image as the 'hottest item girl', Mallika Sherawat gave an amazing performance in "Pyaar Ke Side Effects" [2006] and proved that she too can act and evoke emotions in us. She really evoked laughter in us with her comical performance in the movie. After having proved herself as an actress, she has donned a variety of roles in movies like "Bachke Rehna Re Baba" [2005], "Shaadi Se Pehle" [2006] and so on.
In Himesh Reshammiya's "Aap Ka Suroor" [2007], the queen of Bollywood has appeared in a 10-minute cameo role and was reportedly paid a massive Rs.1.5 crores for her sensational item number. This the sexy starlet, Mallika Sherawat became the highest paid actress in the history of Bollywood and reached the stature of Hollywood's Marlon Brando who was paid $14 million for his 10-minute appearance in "Superman" in 1978.
Mallika Sherawat is now pinning hopes on her upcoming movies like "Welcome", "Fauj Mein Mauj", and "Unveiled" and "Dashaavataram", a multi-lingual movie being shot in seven Indian languages besides English.
Every magazine right from Filmfare, Femina to Man’s World, Cosmopolitan and Snoop magazine published from London have featured Mallika Sherawat, the hottest actress on their covers. Hong Kong's fashion magazine, Cover which declared Mallika Sherawat as one among the 100 most beautiful women in Asia is also planning to do a feature story on this Bollywood's sexy actress for their millions of readers. The sexy queen was even approached by the world famous Playboy magazine to appear nude for its feature pages, which she declined politely.
Source : mallikasherawat.org
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