Source: theaustralian.com.au
A Pakistani film star is pitting herself against conservative clerics after wearing shorts and swimming with Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.
After attacks from religious leaders, Veena Malik, star of more than a dozen “Lollywood” (Lahore’s Hollywood) movies, has called for women to be freed from conservative dress and the horror of honour killing.
“If a woman is cool with wearing a burka, she should wear a burka. If a woman, being a Muslim, wants to wear jeans, then she should wear jeans. That’s your right,” she said.
Malik, 32, whose former boyfriend Mohammad Asif, the Pakistani Test cricketer, was embroiled in a betting scandal last year, has become a champion for Pakistani liberals after appearing in Bigg Boss 4, a version of Big Brother, on Indian television.
The repeated showing on Pakistani television of two clips, one in which she is seen wearing shorts and another in which she hugs an Indian actor, prompted a backlash from clerics.
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Veena, Vida, Vici
Source:tribune.com.pk
The first thing that strikes you as you enter Veena Malik’s house in DHA Lahore is the silence… and let’s face it, silence is not something you associate with the feisty beauty. The serenity surrounding her residence is at odds with shrill war of words that the actor’s boldness and behaviour has sparked in Pakistan.
Right now there seem to be two types of people in the land of the pure: those who adore Malik for her defiance and those who would like to see her lynched for her over-the-top attitude. In her first television interview after returning from her stint on “Bigg Boss” in India, Malik took on both the anchor Kamran Shahid and Mufti Abdul Qavi , both of whom seemed bent upon dragging her through the mud for the ‘shame’ her behaviour in India apparently caused the nation. Her spirited defence of her behaviour may have got her detractors up in arms but has also struck a chord with many others who now see her as the poster girl for free speech and expression. Drawing rooms, news channels and online forums are all abuzz with Veena Malik fever, with Pakistan’s Twitteratti making her one of the top ten Twitter trends worldwide on the day the interview aired.
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