Mallika Sherawat: The Shape of Water's Guillermo del Toro would love to do a Bollywood musical

Mallika Sherawat who has mingled with many famous personalities recently met Guillermo del Toro in LA. Guillermo won two Oscars this year, for Best Picture and Best Directing.

By Karishma Shetty

Updated on Mar 09, 2018 | 04:45 AM IST | 3.1M

Mallika Sherawat has met many famous personalities in the world such as Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Jackie Chan, to name a few.

Recently, Mallika met filmmaker Guillermo del Toro in Los Angeles. In case you were living under a rock, Guillermo won two Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards which took place on Monday morning. His movie The Shape of Water was crowned as Best Picture while Guillermo took home the Oscar for Best Directing as well.

Mallika and Guillermo spent a lot of time discussing films at length with the filmmaker revealing his love for Bollywood films. He was introduced to Bollywood films by his wife who also loves Bollywood musicals with all the song and dance. He further went on to express his wish to make his Bollywood debut with a musical film.

Talking about her experience on meeting Guillermo, Mallika revealed, "I have been a huge admirer and in love with his work ever since I watched Pan’s Labyrinth and have become his fan ever since. I had the opportunity to meet him. He expressed his love for Bollywood cinema and the fact that he would love to do a Bollywood musical someday. Meeting and discussing films with him is like a dream come true and one of the most memorable experiences I am going to cherish."

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Meanwhile, speaking of The Shape of Water, the movie stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. The Shape of Water chronicles around a mute woman who falls in love with an human-like amphibian creature