Actress Mallika Sherawat and her family members could not go to Gurdwara in her native village

Hisar, October 8, 2013-Actress Mallika Sherawat wasmobbed by a crowd as she reached her native village Moth in Haryana's Hisar district to shoot for her TV show 'Bachelorette India'. Sherawat, whose real name is Reema Lamba, visited her village after a long time and was surrounded by a crowd of 3,000 to 4,000 people. The 36-year-old actress was here to shoot some scenes of her ancestral house for her show 'The Bachelorette India-Mere Khayalon ki Mallika'. However, seeing the huge crowd, Sherawat did not step out of her car and soon left. Hisar's Superintendent of Police, Satish Balan said that the police had not been informed about the TV shoot in advance. "The crowd in the village was beyond anybody's expectations. They were going crazy and wanted to catch the glimpse of the actor. Soon, we dispatched police personnel to control the situation," Balan said. The actress was also supposed to go to a Gurdwara with her family members but could not do so. The "Murder" star is the daughter of a retired engineer from Haryana Mukesh Lamba and great grand daughter of renowned philanthropist Seth Chhaju Ram from Hisar.

She later went a farmhouse of her uncle Suresh Lamba near Hansi town on the Jind road, where she completed the shooting. She met a group of villagers and recollected her childhood days at the village.

 

Talking to media persons at the farmhouse, Mallika felt disturbed over honour killings. “This is a shameful phenomenon which must be stopped. I am eager to make my contribution for the betterment of the condition of women and to improve the sex ratio,” she said.

 

Ashok Kumar, a former sarpanch of Moth village who was among the group of villagers which met her, said she was upset for not being able to visit her ancestral house and meet villagers due to the mob.

“Her eyes welled up with tears as she met us. She recalled her childhood days at the village and shared her memories with us. She said she was eager to go to her ancestral house,” he said.

Mukesh Lamba, who accompanied her, said they had to change plans due to the heavy turnout and came to his brother’s farmhouse for the shooting.

“She milked a cow and drove a tractor at the farmhouse. She tried her hands at a fodder chopper during the shooting. She was happy to meet relatives and villagers and see green farmlands,” he said. He added that she had been planning social work in Haryana for some time.

Mallika’s father lost her wallet containing Rs 7,000 and other documents while a TV crew member lost her mobile phone in the melee at Moth village. Hisar Assistant Superintendent of Police Manisha Chaudhary said the police was not approached for any security arrangements.

“On getting the information, we sent personnel from the Narnaund police station as a precautionary measure. There was no report of any incident from the spot,” she said, expressing ignorance about the heavy turnout.

Granddaughter of philanthropist Seth Chhaju Ram from Hisar, Mallika was born at the Chudamani hospital here. She received her primary education at various town of Haryana before going to Delhi for higher studies and later established herself in Bollywood.