Actor Mallika Sherawat has made her Over The Top (OTT) debut with the hard-hitting thriller series ‘Nakaab’ that talks about the death of an actor followed by a blame game and a drug angle. The storyline reminds one of the incidents that shook the entertainment industry last year right and how his girlfriend was blamed for his death.

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Mallika says that “there are different rules for men and different rules for women” in society.

“… and that’s where the Naakab comes in because everyone is wearing nakaab in terms of when they are dealing with the female personality and when they are dealing with a male.

“Men can get away with anything, it’s a different personality but if there’s a death of a male actor then the tendency is to blame his girlfriend or his wife. Women are being blamed for everything and that’s why also ‘Nakaab’ is so relevant because it’s very similar for example women are being blamed for things they have not done, how fair is it, the role of social media is playing in shaping perception, the role media or new channel is playing in shaping perception and the fact that a part of media is benefitting from people’s pain, is exploiting people’s personal and private loss.

“So it’s the right time now that we as a society should reflect on these issues and it’s very beautifully portrayed in ‘Nakaab’ but in a very entertaining manner,” she said.

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She also says that she would love to welcome it if the Bollywood Industry also changes its mindset on how they treat women in the industry.

“How the roles are written for them in the industry. Also, if our entertainment industry stops doing this gap between men and women,” she said.

Mallika, known for having a bold attitude, made her debut with ‘Jeena Sirf Merre Liye’ (2002). She was critically acclaimed for her roles in ‘Kwahish’ (2003) and ‘Murder’ (2004). When asked if Bollywood has been fair to her after two decades in the industry, she said, “I think Bollywood has been really kind and good to me. It’s always an evolution for any society. When I started off, kissing was a big taboo in the industry, all the actresses were extremely coy, and reserved so when I came in, I was very bold and bindaas and said I am not going to apologize for kissing onscreen or wearing a bikini onscreen.

“These things were not very commonly talked about. That was also a few years back but now if you look, that has become very common and perception has really opened up. As a society also we are more accepting of forward-thinking independent women. So I look it as evolution really,” she said.

However, she said that “yes at the time some conservative filmmakers were afraid to cast me because they didn’t know what to do with actors like me- this bold, bindaas who doesn’t have any inhibitions onscreen if she believes in the script.”

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“.. but now the same director have become very open-minded. Nakaab wouldn’t have been made 10 years ago to show a woman who is abusing, smoking, and using men and throwing them away. We didn’t see such characters in Hindi cinema back then so its evolution as a society and I think right now is the very golden period for the female actor because OTT is a game-changer,” she said.