‘Why be hypocrites?’ : Malaika Arora on being criticized for sheer dress

Bollywood actor-dancer Malaika Arora recently responded to detractors who ridiculed an outfit she wore at Farhan Akhtar-Shibani Dandekar’s wedding party.

Malaika was criticized for wearing a scandalous outfit after she was spotted in a sheer black dress with her sister Amrita Arora, and her friends Kareena Kapoor Khan and Karisma Kapoor. 

In a recent interview with Pinkvilla, the 48-year-old called critics “hypocritical”.

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 “All I could hear was it looked fabulous. I don’t know about anybody else. I feel people are very hypocritical, they’re hypocrites if you ask me. The same thing you would see on Rihanna, you would see on JLo (Jennifer Lopez) or a Beyonce and you’d be like, ‘Wow!’ and I love them! The same thing you do over here, immediately they’re like ‘what is she doing? She’s a mother, she’s this, she’s that!’ Why be hypocrites? I mean if you can appreciate the same on somebody else, why can’t you appreciate it, make it a universal outlook, you know? I mean why have these double standards?” she told Pinkvilla. 

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Malaika stated how she manages to stay unfazed despite the verbal attacks. When asked if the criticism bothers her, she said, “Anybody who says it didn’t is probably kidding or is trying to use a great cover-up. It was new for everybody. We were all like ‘what the hell’! It would upset me but I always kind of brushed it aside.”

Malaika struck a wildfire on the internet after wearing a glittery sheer dress with a spaghetti strap and thigh slits at the party. The 48-year-old completed the attire with smokey eye makeup, a high ponytail, and a glittery clutch bag. 

In conversation with Pinkvilla, Malaika, who was married to actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan, also shared her experience of being a single mother after the divorce. 

“At that point, you always feel that the whole world is crashing on your head and how you gonna manage I think that’s a very normal human reaction. But having said that I also knew that it is something I have to take on. I have to be responsible,” she said.