Veena Malik Would ‘Consider’ Posing Nude in Playboy After FHM Photo Controversy

Veena Malik, a Pakistani actress who was in the middle of a nude photo controversy in India last year, says she would pose nude in Playboy for $1 million dollars.

Malik did an exclusive interview with The Mirror and she said,

“I’d think about it. Why would I say no? It’s a great opportunity. I’d definitely go for that. That is my job. I am a model and I would consider every single opportunity that comes my way,” Malik said.

Malik became a household name in December when she appeared in the Indian edition of FHM Magazine in what appeared to be a nude spread.

She said the photos were doctored,

“I have never posed nude. I have never done anything like that ever. The picture has been morphed. It’s not me. Definitely not.”

Malik filed a lawsuit for $2 million against the magazine for the nude photos.

FHM India editor Kabeer Sharma, said the photos were 100% authentic.

He was quoted as saying,

“We have video footage of the shoot as well as emails from Veena about how she’s looking forward to the cover. The photo shoot was done in Mumbai on November 22. We have a video of the photo shoot.”

The reason the photo shoot sparked such controversy was that in ultra conservative Pakistan, nude photos are a source of shame among Muslims. Pakistani Clerics called for her head and even her father, Malik Muhammad Aslam, encouraged authorities to prosecute Malik for the embarrassment.

Aslam told the AFP,

“I have disowned her. I have severed all ties with her, and I don’t want her to have any share in whatever meager assets I have until she is cleared of the controversy and pledges not to visit India again.”

Malik also made headlines for directly challengin one of the Pakistani clerics who said all Muslim women should be covered at all times.

She said,

‘If a woman is cool with wearing a burqa, she should wear a burqa. If a woman, being a Muslim, wants to wear jeans, then she should wear jeans.”