Mallika Sherawat's international debut is a disaster

08-02-2006 06:34

Mumbai, Feb 8 (ians) Why Do Indian Stars Open Their Mouth About An International Career So Prematurely And Then End Up With Egg On Their Face?.

Years ago the formidable Shabana Azmi thought she was doing a pivotal role in director Blake Edwards' "Son Of Pink Panther". Shabana of course stood by her decision to do what finally turned out to be a glorified cameo.

Now it is the turn of another Indian performer, albeit belonging to another genre, to fall flat on her face.

Mallika Sherawat's much-vaunted "stellar" role in Stanley Tong's "The Myth" is just that - a myth. Audiences who saw the film were shocked to see her role was no more than a cameo.

"What was all the fuss about? And why do we go on about our prospects out West when Hollywood has no patience for us?" said filmmaker Hansal Mehta. "Mallika repeatedly made goof-ups at press conferences."

According to members of the Indian film fraternity at the Toronto Film Festival, Mallika's presence there was a complete non-event.

A fellow actor said: "Seriously her female colleague Kim Hee Seon conducted herself with so much dignity. Mallika was making absurd statements about how in India doing a Jackie Chan film was like doing a James Bond film.

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