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Mallika Dua: Evident that content can be made anywhere
Updated On: 22 March, 2021 03:47 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Comedian Mallika Dua, who has been working from hometown Delhi since lockdown, recounts how she had to let go of her Bandra flat due to soaring rent.
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From the beginning, she kept a tab on the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, and stayed abreast of how the virus was wreaking havoc the world over. Yet, oddly, it was when the government announced theatre shutdown across the country on March 13, 2020, that Mallika Dua fully understood the gravity of the situation. Realising that airports would be the next to face restrictions, the actor-comedian booked herself on the next flight to Delhi. “I didn’t want to be far away from my parents in such a situation. The thought of ‘What if something happened to them?’ haunted me,” she recounts.
The first three months of the lockdown were filled with uncertainty. Even as the entertainment industry ground to a halt, Dua retained her Bandrapad. But, by June, her landlord had turned unsympathetic despite Dua continuing to pay full rent. “Instead of reducing the rent or keeping it unchanged, my landlord decided to increase it by 30 per cent. I had to leave the house. He forced me to vacate because he wanted to stay in the apartment for six months while he renovated his house. I couldn’t even be there during the shifting. From Delhi, I hired movers and packers, who, along with my driver, moved my stuff to a storage facility in Chembur. Luckily, I have the best friends one can ask for. They went to my place, video-called me, packed my precious items, and mailed them to me.”
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