It has come to our knowledge that when Mallika Sherawat was offered Shaadi se Pehle initially she was apprehensive about doing the film and at one stage refused the offer. Why? She wasn’t quite sure of playing second fiddle in the film.

Also the sex bomb after getting too much attention from international front (her tiny-winy role in The Myth) and accolades from Time magazine had started taking herself too seriously. She had even started hoping for different roles, other than what she was offered at that moment.

So even though she was excited about the prospect of doing a film with Mukta Arts she wasn’t sure. At that moment the director of Shaadi Se Pehle, Satish Kaushik and her secretary Kalim convinced her doing the film. They advised her to continue playing a sex bomb in a couple of movies and then work towards being a serious actor.

Again what came as a reality check for the actress at that time was her release Bachke Rehna Re Baba where her performance was noticed at the box office. Mallika then realised that starring in an international flick doesn’t mean being put in the same league as Aishwarya Rai and one needs to pack in a lot more than just oomphy clothes to build a successful career as an actor.