Mallika Sherawat remembers being replaced by hero's girlfriend, actor's niece: ‘It's our industry's tradition, it won't change’

A few weeks ago actress Mallika Sherawat left fans shocked when she revealed why she was not a part of the 2015 comedy Welcome Back, despite being loved in the first part of the film. The actress claimed that when sequels of successful projects are made, filmmakers and actors tend to add their girlfriends to the cast. While Mallika shared the screen with Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Nana Patekar and Anil Kapoor in Welcome, the sequel featured John Abraham and Shruti Haasan in the lead along with Nana and Anil.

Well, in a recent chat with Bollywood Life, the actress opened up about nepotism in the industry, which is one of the most discussed topics of Bollywood. She was quoted saying, “I lost out on a lot of films because of nepotism. Many a times I was replaced by hero's girlfriend, or just someone's girlfriend, or a niece, or an actor's niece. It's our industry's tradition and no, it won't change. But, I also don't have a problem with it because I'm on my own path, I don't think about these things, any negative things, I just don't let it all affect me. I just want to my work what I'm getting, I focus on that.”

She also talked about the ‘patriarchal system’ and explained that women have been trolled over the years for bold scenes, but men are never targeted. Mallika went on to add that the society wasn’t evolved back then and media did not show any support. However, talking about the modern times, she stated, “But now, the media is very, very supportive, especially toward women, and even the society has evolved. Actresses now are doing frontal nudity and it's accepted, it's considered very artistic.”

On the work front, Mallika was recently seen in the film RK/RKAY.