'Was assumed to be a sex worker': Actress Mahika Sharma on working with adult star Danny D

Actress Mahika Sharma will be seen with adult film star Danny D in the upcoming film "The Modern Culture". She claims that after she decided to work with Danny, people started discriminating against her and assuming that she is a sex worker. The actress opened up on the subject while speaking of social misconceptions on the occasion of International Sex Workers Day, observed on Wednesday.

"After I decided to work with my friend and adult star Danny D in a movie, people started assuming I was a sex worker. I was actually discriminated against without fact-check. But instead of justifying myself I collected all my pain and compared how miserable a life sex workers must be living, and I planned to help them," says Mahika.

Former Miss Teen Northeast Mahika Sharma has been a part of various charities and NGOs, and has worked for human rights, women and children`s health, and sex workers' rehabilitation in India with an aim to end prostitution.

"I want to bring prostitution to end. Even now when porn is banned in our country, there are a number of adult films being released here with local artistes on different digital networks, which is sad. We need to draw attention to such matters legally," she says.