Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, who raises many eyebrows and is quite comfortable with it, says the "less hypocritical" younger generation will change the rules of cinema in the country.

The 24-year-old believes she defies the conventional "femme enfante, child woman, femme fatale and vamp" image and Indian films never portrayed a woman as a normal thinking beings who can have "her grey areas, who can feel passion towards somebody".

"But, now the Bollywood is changing. Youngsters are coming in. They are less hypocritical and more realistic in their approach. And that's why my movie Murder became a big hit," Mallika says in an interview to be telecast tomorrow in Talk Asia programme of CNN news channel.

The actress, who shot into the limelight with Khwaish and Murder and got quite few cameras clicking at the Cannes Film Festival last year, says Bollywood cannot escape change as the world is changing fast with the increasing influence of Hollywood, Internet revolution and cable TV.

"If Indians want... If we want other cultures to like us, we have to embrace other cultures. It has to be healthy mix and that's what is happening now," she says.

Mallika, who debuted in Jeena Sirf Mere Liye, plays an Indian princess in the Jackie Chan starrer Myth, says the struggle against tradition is not that difficult for her and shrugs off the "sexy" tag.

"Jackie Chan used his kung-fu skills, Schwarzenegger used his muscles to reach where he is. Every actor uses his or her own USP to establish herself and if I used my sex appeal, what is wrong with it?" she asks.