India, April 19 -- Actor Malavika Mohanan talked about the obsession with showing the navel of female actors in films made in the South. In an interview with Hauterrfly, Malavika admitted that the focus on navels of female actors is 'very real' in the South. The actor shared that it is a perception there that female actors are liked when they have more curves. (Also read: Malavika Mohanan hits back at fan pointing out 33 year age gap between her and Mohanlal: 'Stop judging people')

In the interview, when Malavika was asked about this issue, she said, "I used to be very perplexed earlier, too, because I've grown up in Mumbai. It was a completely new phenomenon that navels are obsessed over so much. And then you'd see pictures of actresses...