From standing up to sexist jokes to slamming people who think women are ‘asking for it’, actor Mallika Dua has often used her voice to draw attention to various social issues.
As per a report in HT, Mallika opened up about how taking care of one’s mental health is as important as physical health.
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“Today, a celebrity can lose themselves as there is a lot of noise on social media. Moreover, you don’t have the luxury to switch off as you might lose a bit of work and that is a downside,” she said, drawing attention to how we are consuming a lot more content than we are creating today.
Dua, who is also popular for creating content on social media says, “On Twitter, there is some or the other bad news, on Instagram, your peers are doing something that you are not, or there is fear about what someone is saying on social media. So, where do you find time to create? You need to be pulled out of the limbo to go to work. Also, for most celebs, you can’t say what you want as the consequences can be huge, which isn’t all specific to just celebs.”
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She emphasized the importance of taking care of one’s mental health, especially in this year of the pandemic, saying, “Mental health has never been taboo with me. I have open about going to therapy. More than big bad incidents, it is the everyday incidents that have a huge effect on one’s mind. Going to therapy should be like going to the gym. I had never known as much anxiety before I joined the entertainment world.”
On the lack of female comedians, she spoke, “When you do a caricature, it is acting as it is funny and over the top. So, I have always been acting. I never thought of myself as a comedian. In fact, people ask me about lack of female comedians and I think the reason is that when we raise our girls, we don’t say it is ok to be funny. It is not seen as desirable or profitable. We have to change this mindset.”
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Having enjoyed spending some quality time with her family in Delhi owing to the lockdown, she concluded, “Few layers of pretense have been shed this year as we saw the real side of people on social media. We learned that we were living in excess and that family and work are all the essentials we need.”
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