She's
done
it
again.
After
raising
helm-lines
in
conservative
Chennai
for
the
music
launch
of
Kamal
Hassan's
film,
Mallika
Sherawat
is
again
busy
raising
eyebrows,
this
time
for
a
song
that,
hic
hic,
celebrates
the
spirit
of....well,
of
the
spirits!
The
bottled
kind.
The
promos
of
Pritish
Nandy
Communications'
Ugly
Aur
Pagli
show
a
high-as-a-kite
Mallika
Sherawat
singing
"Main
Talli
Main
Talli
Ho
Gayi",
meaning
'I
am
drunk'
...
And
the
moral
army
is
already
on
the
job.
Reportedly,
the
songs
intoxicating
content
and
that
too
showing
a
young
free-spirited
girl
in
a
state
of
uncontrollable
inebriation
(a
sort
of
'Aaj
Phir
Jeene
Ki
Tamanna
Hai'
on
speed
dial)
is
being
questioned
in
the
highest
quarters.
This
isn't
the
first
sizzler
to
hit
the
screen.
In
fact,
the
country's
Nightingale
Lata
Mangeshkar
sang
such
melodious
memorabilia
as
"Kaise
Rahun
Chup"
(Inteqaam),
"Jaane
Kya
Pilaya
Tune"
(Jugnu)
and
"Han
Ji
Han
Main
Sharaab
Pee
Hai"
(Seeta
Aur
Geeta)
decades
ago.
In
fact,
as
early
as
the
1960s,
we
had
the
immortal
Meena
Kumari
stumbling
drunk
all
over
the
place
and
singing
"Sharabi
Sharabi
Mera
Naam
Ho
Gaya" in
the
film
Chandan
Ka
Palna.
Back
then
ladies
were
allowed
to
have
more
fun.
Today
the
moral
police
is
already
on
PNC's
trail
for
promoting
alcoholism
in
the
"Talli"
song.
Ever
the
iconoclast
Pritish
Nandy
shrugs
his
shoulder.
"Let
them
say
what
they
like.
Firstly,
"Talli"
is
a
zany
fun
song.
Yes,
Mallika
Sherawat
is
saying
she's
high
in
the
song.
But
she
could
be
high
on
life.
Or
she
could
be
high
on
Coke...I
mean
the
soft
drink,"
he
chuckles.
Then
he
stops
short
to
get
sober.
"Very
honestly,
we
need
to
stop
wagging
our
fingers
at
other
people.
Why
can't
a
woman
lose
control
in
a
pub
and
freak
out?
Is
that
the
prerogative
of
men
only?
I
neither
drink
nor
smoke.
But
I
see
nothing
wrong
with
people
who
do.
As
long
as
you
don't
drive
when
you
drink,
what's
wrong
with
having
a
few
drinks
and
creating
some
masti?"
Pritish
Nandy
says
he
is
in
principle
opposed
to
any
kind
of
moral
censorship.
"Don't
smoke
don't
drink.
Don't
do
'it'
behind
the
bushes.
Bah!
Let
people
do
what
they
like
even
if
they
seem
to
create
a
nuisance,
so
what?
We
all
have
the
right
to
do
what
we
like.
And
the
"Talli" song
is
about
having
fun."
Problem
is,
anything
Mallika
does
from
wearing
a
short
dress
to
getting
drunk
on
screen,
creates
news.
And
it
looks
the
"Talli" song
is
all
set
to
give
Mallika's
moral
police
a
rum…sorry,
run
for
their
money.
Story first published: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 16:24 [IST]