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One has to hand it to our Haryana girl. She knows how to grab limelight. ‘I am lonely and looking for love,’ she says. Fair enough.

Mallika Sherawat stars in a television show ‘Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika’ which is a spin-off from the American reality dating game show ‘The Bachelor’. The show revolves around an eligible bachelorette and a pool of romantic suitors, including a potential husband for the bachelorette. 

More often than not,  I get the feeling that we are being mocked at by Mallika's statements. It all began when she declared, ‘In real life, I live like a nun. I am on the lookout for a man who has more guts than I have.’ Now that she is looking for love, the tryst with celibacy is perhaps done and dusted. Why else would she dirty dance with fifty-one year old Antonio Banderas? The lady is entitled to her share of fun. No issues.

But the lashings of duplicity were  too much to take when I saw Mallika’s interview at the show launch. ‘I am looking for someone who is intelligent.’ What is with girls wanting an intelligent man with a sense of humour? Don’t they finally get hitched by Mr. Money Bags? Laughter, after all cannot compete with diamonds and designer dresses. How many starlets have married stand-up artists, astronauts, professors or scientists?
Mallika feigned ignorance when asked about her rival Rakhee Sawant’s ‘Swayamwar’ charade. ‘I am looking for someone who is self-made. Someone like Karan Johar.’ Compared to another bachelor who made Himmatwala, Karan surely is blessed with dollops of intellect and fat pockets. However I am not sure of Karan’s self-made status. Maybe Mallika knows something, we don’t.

Before all the self-made, intelligent men begin to rejoice, let it be known that the erstwhile nun is also looking for a vegan, teetotaler companion. Maybe she is looking for a saint. But then she should head towards the mountains and not Hollywood. I loved the bit about considering Salman Khan’s application, if she received it. Our girl knows how to make the right noise. Her birthday song for  the most happening bachelor was  clearly a promotional stunt for her new show. YouTube.

‘I don’t want to do item songs anymore. Now I want to do performance oriented roles.’ Sure. With a riveting performance in ‘Ugli aur Pagli’ the lady has a lot of untapped talent. President Obama was supposed to be present at her Hollywood film premiere. ‘I have told the President that I want him to be present. He very graciously told me to make sure to send the invite across.’ No wonder our girl is proud of her guts.

Finally the erstwhile nun made a fascinating remark. ‘Draupadi, Sita …all chose their husbands through a swayamwara. If they could do it, so can I.’

Wah! Wah! After Draupadi and Sita the list of swayamwar holders has several illustrious people- Rakhee-ji, Rahul-ji,Veena-ji. And now Mallika-ji. Those who are naïve enough to believe that Mallika will eventually marry a contestant from a reality show should read between the lines, ‘Sometimes people don’t find true love even after several years of marriage. I am only looking for a companion.’

Since you are one gutsy girl Mallika, why not admit that the show is an entertainer and everything else is blah!

Reference:http://businessofcinema.com/news/karan-johar-is-the-most-eligible-bachelor-right-now-mallika-sherawat/73408

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