When we asked singer Mika Singh whether his bad boy image has worked for him, he replied, `I don't understand this issue about image.

Girls and women are not scared of me (laughs out loud).

In fact, I get a warmer reception from women than men.

In fact, my female friends find me quite protective.

I am sure this would not be the case if they saw in me a person with wrong intentions.

Yes, I am a bad boy in the sense that I don't back off or stay quiet in the face of adversity.

I don't mind being chastised publicly in case I have done something wrong but I won't stay mum if I am hauled up for no fault of mine.`