As she drives down the road, which exhibits this huge hoarding of her forthcoming film, she knows that she has come a long way from a sleepy town like Rohtak to happening amchi Mumbai.

Her mother often chides her and her father still wants her to get married and take charge of the kitchen but Mallika very well knows that her present transformation from once Reema Sherawat is irreversible and there is no turning back for her.

"I come from a place where women are kept in the backyard along with cattle. I decided that there would be none of that in my life," tells Sherawat with absolute grit on her ace.

Better known for kissing her hero 17 times in a film she earned every sobriquet there is in a book for a glam doll but she is hardly concerned and warns, "No hypocrite should see my next film, they'll be shocked out of their senses."

Mallika's latest film, 'Murder', is directed by Mahesh Bhatt and deals with the agony of a married woman who finds solace in an extramarital affair. After enacting such a ‘challenging' role, she has gained quite an insightful look into the matter.

"Remember the loneliness of a single woman is not as acute as the lonely married woman. It's a situation where the bed becomes hell," she points out.

She sees working as an inspiration to many who go through the same trauma.

"Today women want to freely say that they want good sex and that there's nothing wrong saying it. If men can talk of their carnal desires all the time, why can't we," asks Mallika, who sold her grandmother's earrings to come to Mumbai.