Bollywood's
Dreamgirl
Hema
Malini,
who
has
won
the
Mathura
parliamentary
seat
on
a
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP)
ticket,
is
determined
to
prove
all
the
cynics
and
smirkers
wrong.
She
says
she's
not
in
politics
to
"pose
for
pretty
pictures
in
beautiful
saris",
but
to
bring
"changes
needed
in
the
way
the
constituency
is
run".
"They
were
making
fun
of
me
because
they
thought
I
was
just
here
in
Mathura
to
pose
for
pretty
pictures
in
beautiful
saris.
They
forgot
that
I've
spent
six
years
in
the
Rajya
Sabha
before
attempting
to
contest
the
Lok
Sabha
elections.
So
I
am
not
only
a
glamorous
star
whiling
away
my
time," said
the
veteran
actress.
"Now
those
cynics
will
sit
and
watch
my
performance.
They
will
say,
'Let's
see
what
she
does.' Well,
all
I
can
say
to
them
is
they
will
get
to
see
a
lot
of
me
in
Mathura,"
she
added.
The
actress,
who
celebrated
her
victory
with
her
daughters
Ahana
and
Esha,
feels
her
physical
presence
in
her
constituency
is
not
enough.
"It
would
be
simple
enough
for
me
to
visit
Mathura
once
a
month.
But
that
isn't
enough.
There's
work
to
be
done
and
many
changes
needed
in
the
way
the
constituency
is
run," said
the
65-year-old.
She
doesn't
deny
that
the
Narendra
Modi
wave
helped
her
win.
"Of
course
the
wave
gave
an
edge
to
all
BJP
candidates.
I
won
because
of
Modiji.
But
the
wide
margin
by
which
I
won
was
because
of
my
own
personal
standing
in
the
constituency.
People
in
Mathura
knew
I
was
there
with
a
serious
agenda.
Now
I
need
to
prove
myself," she
said.
She
feels
the
entire
nation
is
watching
her
party.
"Everyone
has
great
hopes
from
Narendra
Modiji
and
all
his
party
members
like
me
who
have
been
elected.
We
can't
afford
to
let
them
down."