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| Furore over Shilpa, Gere kissing .. |
| Furore over Shilpa, Gere kissing act
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| INDIA
, 16-April-2007
10:32:9 AM |
| Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is in the news again, this time though for some wrong reasons.
Her kissing act with Hollywood star Richard Gere at a function on AIDS awareness has led to widespread protests from several quarters.
In Varanasi, Shiv Sena and Bande Mataram Sangharsh Samiti activists as well as Muslims staged protests in various parts of the city.
They burnt effigies of Gere and Shetty to protest against their "indecent behaviour" which, the protesters claimed was "an attack on our cultural ethos".
In Kanpur, protesters, mostly students, also burnt effigies and demanded that Gere should go back from the country while demonstrators in Bhopal threatened to boycott Shetty's forthcoming films.
"I understand this is his culture, not ours. But this was not such a big thing or so obscene for people to overreact in such manner."
"I understand people's sentiments, but I don't want a foreigner to take bad memories from here." Said Shetty reacting to the issue.
Act disapproved
The BJP here disapproved the act saying it is not part of Indian culture.
"Such a public display is not part of Indian tradition," said Prakash Javadekar, party spokesperson.
Gere had repeatedly kissed Shetty on stage at the function last night where Bollywood actor Sunny Deol and more than 4,000 truck drivers also participated in the campaign to create AIDS awareness.
Shetty grabbed the headlines earlier this year when racist comments against her from a fellow contestant of the celebrity show Big Brother was widely condemned by people
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