She is yet to make her Bollywood debut, but Pakistani starlet Veena Malik is already contemplating international cinema. The controversial actor informed the Indian media that she has signed a British film, in which she has a powerful role.
“I am getting many offers from across the globe,” she said.
“Recently, a UK film team was in Dubai and I was shortlisting a few offers that would suit me. I have zeroed in on a few fashion projects and a film. I can’t reveal more at the moment,” says Veena, who is currently in Dubai.
Though the filmmakers in India are crying foul over her films here falling behind schedule, Veena says she will honour all her commitments.
Director Hemant Madhukar had reportedly said Veena has 11 crore riding on her and she is yet to shoot the climax of his thriller, Mumbai 125 Kms, which is expected to hit screens later this year.
“All my producers and directors are well aware of my schedule and I will not let anyone down. I am the leading lady and I am sure there are crores and crores riding on me,” she laughs.
When asked if Veena is upset that her item number from her recently released film that starred Akshay Khanna was removed during the special screening for anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare at Ralegaon Siddhi and she retorts, “Well, it is the director’s call and he knows better where to screen the song and where he shouldn’t.”
The latest rumour in tinsel town is that there is tension brewing between the two actors of Zindagi 50-50, Riya Sen and Veena. Buzz has it that the director of the film, Rajeev Ruia, is keen to cast the two ladies in an item number and had been canning their scenes separately for the film. “I am not sure about the item number because I have already shot two songs. I haven’t really worked with Riya till now. But if the filmmaker chooses to shoot a song with her, I will definitely do it. After all, she’s a wonderful actor,” says Veena.
Finally, ask Veena about wrestler and Payal Rohatgi’s boyfriend Sangram Singh, who turned down the offer of joining Veena’s telly Swayamvar, despite being offered an astronomical sum of money and she says, “Did he? Well, I can only laugh about it.”
Meanwhile, the actor reveals that wants to make the switch from women-oriented roles to comedy. “I believe it is very tough to make someone laugh and after the spoofs in my item number in my last release, I am hoping I will get some comedy roles soon,” she signs off.
Lol cha gay
In Veena’s eyes, a powerful role is one with least amount of clothing. Twisted convoluted new age empowerment!
Hahahahaha
Keep us posted.
Well let her do what she’s good at ..’LYING’
A woman that sells herself around the world? Hmmm
hahahaa..!!! i think she has signed porn film.dont b mad fans of veena
Go veena. Let the haters be your motivaters.
:/ :/ ye pagal ho gae ha :/
God nobody cares!
internationally known porn :/
uffff!!..who is gon speak da english??Veena u r too much!!
Pakistan is the no.1 animal porn searcher in the world
LOL
Hey u all girls watching the porn movies now a days.. hmmmm.. very intersting..’
Why does she do that ?! Nobody even likes her. :/
yeah just leave Pakistan for good please. Nobody hear wants U!
pwerful role or powerful left arm?
and in that film , she will use a dubbing artist who will speak for her , as no 1 can understand her anglish :P:P
Yeah she should leave her clothes on and do what men say. Because men have to control women to feel like a real man! Men harassing women and beating them!
Aid workers in Pakistan have called for an urgent increase in the number of safe shelters available to the growing number of women who are victims of domestic violence.
Three times he told me he was divorcing me. Then he took a knife and cut off the end of my nose and all my hair.
Tehmima
Human rights workers says each year large numbers of women are beaten, tortured or burnt by their husbands or families, and they have few places to escape to.
Some have had their bones broken or their faces mutilated.
Seventeen-year-old Tehmina was married off to a businessman four times her age. She never considered leaving him despite the regular beatings.
But one day he went much further – when the whole family was out, he locked her in the bedroom. Tehmina says she was tied by her hands and feet to a bed while her husband announced three times he was divorcing her.
“Then he took a knife and cut off the end of my nose and all my hair.”
Making choices
Tehmina is now at a shelter in Islamabad receiving medical treatment while her husband is in prison.
Horiffic injuries are sometimes inflicted
Aid workers say many women remain in violent relationships because they believe they must obey their husbands and that divorce is a disgrace.
A third of women in Pakistan are illiterate and have little concept about making their own choices.
Dr Noreen Khalid, programme officer for the shelter, says this imbalance can encourage abusive relationships.
“[The husband] sometimes becomes so powerful he becomes a sadist and he just forgets that his partner, his wife, is a human being,” she says.
The shelter, which provides a safe haven for women and their children, is one of only two independently-run refuges which are open to all women.
The government-run shelters are only for those referred by the courts.
Legal help
But this is not only a place to hide and recuperate.
There needs to be special legislation on domestic violence [that] must mention that this is violence and a crime
Nahida Mahboob Elahi
It also offers the women the chance to talk about their problems, to restore their self-esteem, and even plan for the future.
The abused women often need practical support as well, such as legal advice to bring criminal cases.
But aid workers say the system is often stacked against the women.
The police often refuse to register cases unless there are obvious signs of injury and judges sometimes seem to sympathise with the husbands.
Nahida Mahboob Elahi, a human rights lawyer at the centre, wants new laws to be implemented.
“There needs to be special legislation on domestic violence and in that context they must mention that this is violence and a crime.”
Lenient treatment
Zahida Perveen’s husband accused her of being unfaithful and cut off her nose and ears and gouged out her eyes.
He is sitting quietly in jail, he is not feeling the same pain which I have felt, not going through the same misery I’ve gone through
Zahida Parveen
The centre helped her go abroad for treatment and to prosecute her husband, who is now serving a 14-year prison sentence.
Zahida, who is now blind, appreciated the support, but tells Nahida that she feels the sentence was far too lenient.
“He is sitting quietly in jail, he is not feeling the same pain which I have felt, not going through the same misery I’ve gone through, so this is not enough,” she says.
The women are offered the chance to meet their husbands again to try to hammer out their problems. This sometimes leads to reconciliation.
Second chance
Humaira was constantly beaten by her husband and other members of his family before she finally ran away with their two children.
But she has recently met her husband again and after he apologised, she says she is prepared to give him a second chance.
The authorities in Pakistan appear to recognise the scale of domestic violence. But aid workers say not enough is being done.
They believe the victims need a proper network of support across the country – and that their attackers must not escape justice.
what does it has to do with Veena Malik exactly.
Veena Malik She is very very Cute and Pretty Girl and She is very Educated Girl and Veena Personality was very Good Veena Malik I Like you From your Lovely Fan and Veena Have a Nice day .
how much do you get paid for this @Amira Khali
Cheap publicity for CHEAPO
@Amira Khalil: What in the world are you rambling about? Nobody accepts domestic violence, but it happens all over the world. So your saying as protest, women should become sex symbols of men? Wow you logic baffles me.
She will again spoil the dignity of whole muslin community. Just like she done in BIGBOSS. but she show herself innocent.
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