There was a MOURNING in my family on my birth, says Mallika Sherawat
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Popular Bollywood star Mallika Sherawat, who won immense fame after a fantastic performance in the super hit movie 'Murder' along with Emraan Hashmi, in an interview with Hauterrfly, recounted the bumpy ride of her childhood when she was grappling with the utter discrimination and unfair dealings of her parents towards her as they never wanted a girl child. Saying desperately but with a great smile: “There was mourning in my family on my birth.”
Mallika, while sharing about her growing-up years stated, “My parents would discriminate between me and my brother so much. I used to be very sad in my growing-up years thinking about why my parents discriminated against me so much. As a child, I didn’t understand, but now I do. Woh ladka hai usko videsh bhejo, usko padhao, usmein paisa invest karo (They used to say, ‘Send the son abroad, educate him, invest in him’). Parivaar ki saari sampatti ladke ko jaayegi, pote ko jaayegi (All the family’s wealth will go to the son, to the grandson). Ladkiyon ka kya hai? (What about the girls?) They will get married, they are a liability, ek bojh hai (they are a burden).”
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“So, I used to feel very bad about it, but then I realized that it was not just me, but all the girls in my village were going through this kind of discrimination and injustice. My parents gave me everything… a good education, but not an open mindset or good thoughts. They didn’t give me the freedom. They didn’t nurture me, never tried to understand me. I was playing a lot of sports, secretly, because my family didn’t allow me saying, ‘You’ll become very masculine, manly. Who will marry you?’ I had a lot of restrictions. When I was born mere pariwaar mein maatam chhaa gaya tha (there was mourning in my family). My mother, I am sure, went into depression, poor thing.”
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