The co-producer of the film Govind Menon has refuted the earlier claims made by Mallika’s brother Vikram Lamba to state that it’s Mallika and not a body double who has done most of the nude scenes for the film.
Confirming the same, Govind Menon, told a daily, "Mallika has done most of the nude scenes in ‘Hisss’ herself. She is a very committed artiste. Working with a woman director made Mallika very, very comfortable. You know what, we talk about competing with the best cinema in the world. For this, we should be ready to do what Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek do, or else we should simply stay at home."
But Menon doesn’t deny that the body double was used at one point or the other. "It was only when she crawls in the mud that she opted for a body double. Moreover, it was very cold that day. The mud scenes were very physically cumbersome. She used the body double for a stunt or two as it would have been dangerous for her to jump,” he asserted.
However, it’s Mallika who has done most of the erotic scenes by herself. “There is no body double in any of the several scenes where she transforms into a snake. Come to think of it, the whole concept of nudity is justified because when you transform into a snake, which Mallika often does in the film, you can`t have a dress or even a cloth or even a piece of jewellery on you," he added.
