She’s Funny That Way

In an industry prone to typecasting, Mallika Dua was glad to not be playing yet another “chubby sidekick”

Five years ago, Mallika Dua broke the internet with the YouTube sketch “S**t People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition”. Since then, her wit has got her two web shows, (YouTube) and (Disney+ Hotstar), online gigs as host and . A significant part in a feature had been missing thus far. That changes with in which she is the friend the protagonist leans on for advice. In an industry prone to typecasting, Dua was glad to not be playing yet another “chubby sidekick of the heroine”. “She is a ,” says Dua. “That it was directly offered to me suggests that thought went into this. The film is about sisterhood which is not often seen in films.”