I’m slightly getting tried of living in India, and when I read news articles like this, I just sigh.
Delhi: A Muzaffarpur court has issued summons to actors Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan to appear before it on May 30 in connection with a kissing scene in the hit flick Dhoom 2.
District Judge H K Shrivastava ordered issuing of summons to them after taking cognizance of a complaint petition filed by an advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha.
In his petition, Ojha alleged Aishwarya, Hrithik, producer of the film Aditya Chopra and director Sanjay Gardi had hurt the sensibilities of the audiences by the ‘obscene’ kissing scene.
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I don’t know how to respond to this. Stupidity? Dumb? Ridiculous? I watched this movie, and I can assure you all that it was nothing special. Two sets of lips touched for a second and they parted; that was about it.
India, Culture (India), Politics (India) | 28.04.2007 5:42 | No Comments
New Delhi: The infamous kiss between Hollywood star Richard Gere and actress Shilpa Shetty at a public function in Delhi earlier this month has landed the two in legal trouble.
A Jaipur court on Thursday issued arrest warrants against the duo for their public kiss, which had evoked strong protests in several cities.
Jaipur city Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Dinesh Gupta issued the warrants on the basis of a PIL filed by Jaipur resident Poonam Chand Bhandari.
The controversial incident, which the organisers later described as an unplanned and harmless dance-and-kiss spoof, took place at an AIDS event organised by philanthropist Parmeshwar Godrej.
During the function, Gere jokingly grabbed Shilpa and planted several kisses on her cheek, to howls of appreciation from an audience, which mainly comprised lorry drivers.
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Well, stupidity is everywhere. Making a big deal out of this itself was pretty damn, but … now, lawsuits are being filed. This is crazy. Oh, this also tells us another universal truth. Lawyers are total scumbags and idiots. They should’ve just dismissed this instead of actually filing out papers to file lawsuits. *** sigh ***
India, Culture (India), Politics (India) | 26.04.2007 4:19 | No Comments