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Has this page been edited down? The last time I came to this page, there was much more text in it...now it seems to have lost more than half of its previous content.

umm..wat do mean last year made murder--it wasnt made in 2006--please write the year not last or next year.

Contents 1 Major pruning 2 Sex symbol? 3 Why list as a porn star? 4 Birthday 5 Cleanup 6 Picture

[edit] Major pruning

The quotes are not sourced, not verifiable, and hence should be removed. Most of the trivia were either covered in the text, unverifiable, or advertising. (We don't need to advertise a diamond company.) The article is a bit choppy, and needs more research and connecting prose. Also needs categories, IMDB listing, etc. But it's late and I'm tired and I hope someone else will tie up the loose ends. Zora 09:12, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sex symbol?

"Today, she is considered the sex symbol of India" - this statement is at best subjective and should be left out of an encyclopedic entry, given that people can have differing opinions on this point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.103.192.73 (talk) 00:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why list as a porn star?

I realize that some may be offended by Ms. Sherawat's provocative dress, but that hardly qualifies her as a porn star. A porn performer, by definition, would be someone who performs explicit sexual acts on camera. Ms. Sherawat hasn't even appeared nude. --Konczewski 14:59, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birthday

Mallika's birthdates listed in the box, and in the biography do not match. It might be tough to find out, but can anyone point me to a verifiable source and correct the mistake? Anagha 10:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

IMDB says 24 Oct, 1972! Mallika

So 1972 it is! Anagha 18:34, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Even I was under wrong impression about birthdate.So by mistake I changed it.But when I referred to imdb,I realized it.

Saffronguy 01:17, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Isn't there a possibility that IMDb is wrong? everywhere else on the internet, it's 1981! mazzini

IMDB has user-supplied content, like WP. Usually they have enough people looking over the entries that I've found mistakes to be rare, but this may be one of their rare mistakes. Does she have an official website? Zora 17:37, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Even if IMDb is mistaken, there is NO WAY the lady's 24. She's found time to graduate, work as an air-hostess, get married, get divorced and struggle in the industry till she debuted in Jeena Sirf Mere Liye which released in 2002. It's not a time-frame common sense would support. If she's 24, Amitabh Bacchan is 40!! Anagha 18:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

My principal problem here is with the sheer lack of evidence for ANY of this. Until we can find solid evidence (and I refuse to accept IMDb, who based their date change upon an utterly "unofficial" website: [ http://indiafm.com/features/2006/08/31/1499/index.html] that doesn't offer any evidence either. Your own reasons are based, in your own words, on "common sense". You offer no facts either. Certain Indian film/celebrity websites (MSN India, Santabanta, et al) list it as 1981. IMDb lists it as 1972.

In wider perspective, we really don't know all that much about Sherawat. While I've read in several places that she was an air-hostess, I've never found anything approaching recognizable proof for it. Unless the actress gets an official website, or there is a truly credible source of information about her, I'm afraid this article will be utterly against Wikipedia guidelines. In other words, it's all a load of hooey. Dr.rajkumar 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Almost two years ago, Indian Express ran an "expose" on the actress in their Sunday glossies. They interviewed her ex-husband, parents, etc and published a photograph of her taken while performing the marriage rituals. All her past was raked up there. Is the Indian express a good enough reference? It's a commonly known fact, that Mallika does not like to speak about her marriage and past. Pooja Bedi's show on Zoom had aired clippings of a furious Mallika, raising bloody hell when asked about why she doesn't speak about her marriage. And sir, nowhere has IMDb, claimed to have used the indiafm article as a source. Moreover if IMDb, is not reliable information santabanta and the rest of the net is even worse! Anagha 04:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

That seems a reasonable reference to me. As long as we state any claims made by the article as claims rather than facts. It's controversial, this is a living person, we must be careful. Zora 05:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I have read the Indian Express article that you mention. Nowhere did it state that she was born in 1972. Look carefully and you'll find that the only place on the net where that's stated with any kind of discussion is the indiafm article. I'm not denying that there's an excellent chance she was born in 1981. My point is that 1972 and 1981 are equally unacceptable dates because there is no clear evidence for either of them. We simply don't know. User:Dr.rajkumar

Dr. Rajkumar, thanks for the clarification. It's just that, if you agree the Indian Express expose did talk about her work as an airhostess, her run-away marriage, her divorce, and her struggles in Bombay, then it does support my view that she couldn't have completed Jeena Sirf Mere Liye in 2002 when she was just 21! But you are right, 1972 could be wrong as well. So where do we go from here?

Zora, I just did not realise IMDb was not "standard reference". This news kinda shakes my faith in life itself... just kidding, but I did not know IMDb had user supplied content. Mea culpa :) Anagha 19:13, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I think we have no option but to remove the 1972 date, especially given Wikipedia's policy regarding "libelous statements". My question: should it be reverted to the 1981 date (however unlikely, are we supposed to follow the "official" birthdates of living people until they are PROVEN wrong?), to "unknown"? Should a note be put in the article on the entire controversy? User:Dr.rajkumar 14 October 2006

I still don't see on what basis '81 is "official" (even with the quotes!). And there's nothing "libelous" about a birthdate either. Maybe we ought to remove it altogether, seeing that both '81, and '72 are quite improbable. Just leave it at 24th Oct. Which incidentally isn't very far away... Maybe some channel/newspaper will cover it! :D Anagha 20:21, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

"Libelous"= "containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory." Libel= " anything that is defamatory or that maliciously or damagingly misrepresents." If she wasn't actually born in 1972, then writing that she was is HIGHLY libelous. Dr.rajkumar

I beg to differ. In my opinion, if a girl born in '72 can look like that in 2006, then it is actually inspiring! I only half-mean that, but I do want to highlight the fact that calling the birtdate "damagingly malicious" is a matter of opinion. Anyway, like Joey would've said, it's a moo point considering that we agreed to not put in a DOB till it's confirmed. Peace! Anagha 19:15, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello guys, I m the one who changed the birthdate recently depending on Indian express story. You can follow the link as given in reference. There is no credible reference than this. I also reported this on IMDB. Waiting for their approval. Please you also report to IMDB. Thanks

An additional point indicating her birth year must be before 1981: http://bollywoodstaractress.blogspot.com/2007/10/mallika-sherawat-beats-time-and-age.html - McCart42 (talk) 15:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

The article had gotten extremely jumbled and I gave it a hard shake. I have the impression that material that used to be there has disappeared. Disputed birth date? References? I also removed some linkspam.

Too many revisions by too many different people and an article turns into incoherent mush. Zora 05:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

What happened to the picture of her posing for the magazine? The current picture is... not what people would see out of sherawat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.122.2.124 (talk) 23:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)