mallika's role

Shonali Malhotra Sonii is on cloud nine, and why not? Three projects in three weeks

Married in Miilee: Shonali Malhotra Sonii as Neena

and a wonderful hubby to go home to. What more could a girl wish for? She is doing Sony's Dulhan (as reported earlier by Telly Chakkar, the show was supposed to go on air in September), Star One's Dil Kya Chahta Hai (the buzz is that Madhavi will soon be pregnant in the show), Star Plus' Miilee and SaharaOne's Bollywood Aur Kya.

Shonali comes across as one of the few women in the industry who seem content with what they are doing - varied projects that leave her with time to manage her home and hearth. Simple things as her maid's loyalty and her watchman's appreciation thrill her, Ananya Sengupta met up with Shonali during the shoot of Miilee, where she was getting married to Rahul.

(As I approach the lady, clad in her wedding finery, I realise how cumbersome the lehenga must be, but Shonali didn't seem to mind, she settles herself on the stairs and asks me to join her. Before we start, she offers to write down her complete name - Shonali Malhotra Sonii. She tells me that she now uses her hubby's last name and has added an 'i' to it, courtesy Mr Sanjay Jumani)

So how does it feel to be the third actress to play Neena in Miilee?
I know how difficult it is to replace somebody. You are asked to sometime copy the actress

Pregnant in Dil Kya Chahta Hai??

who had played the character earlier and then that becomes a problem. To be very frank, I was a little lost in the beginning, but I am fine now. My co-stars are great and so are the crew members, I am quite enjoying doing the show.

But how comfortable are you playing a negative character?
(Laughs) I want to do positive roles, and in the beginning I had done shows where I played positive roles, but somehow…Maybe my eyes…people tell me that they speak volumes…maybe my body language that has a certain attitude, that makes me a strict no-no for miss goody two shoes kind a bahu…but really, I would want to do positive.

(I tell her that her kind of a face should in fact get a lot of positive roles….)
But therein lies the challenge, I get to work harder on my looks and my body language! Now people have started telling me that I am doing things right!

Any other shows that were offered to you that were negative…
Well, yes…I was offered the role of Mallika in Jassi…, a character in Le Jayenge Le Jayenge….

Any regrets about not doing Mallika's character…
Well, to be very frank, yes. But you know, I didn't do those roles, but I am now doing others that are equally good…I am doing well for myself and that is what is important.

i didnt paste the whole article!she was offered mallika's role!hmmmm...

Thanx 4 sharing but I think Rakshanda is the best choice for Mallika 😡 😕 😆

Yea same here.. she is the only one who can play sooo evil 😈 😆 😆
thanks 4 sharin

Thanks for sharing! But yeah, I agree that Rakshanda fits in Mallika's character extremely well! 👏

Rakshanda is doing a terrific job as Mallika!!!....I can't see anyone else in the role of Mrs. Mallika Armaan Suri!! 🤢 🤢 ...eventhough I hate that she's married to Armaan...she does an awesome job portraying the role of a b%$#@!!!! 👏 👏 ...Go Rakshanda!!!