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New Delhi: All actors Shilpa Shetty and Richard Gere did was an impromptu dance routine with some Bollywood style drama to spread AIDS awareness.
But now it spells an arrest warrant for Gere. He clearly had no idea how far a kiss in India took take him.
When asked about it, he said,"I'm sorry I can't talk about it.? Following that, Gere also issued a statement apologising to his friends in India and that his intentions as an HIV/AIDS advocate were not offend anyone.
But this is not the first time that a kiss has been blown into a controversy.
In 1980, actor Padmini Kholapure scandalised the nation by kissing Prince Charles on the cheek.
In 1993, when actor Shabana Azmi placed a peck on Nelson Mandela's cheek, it was called anti-Islamic and anti-Indian.
In 2004, it was an MMS clip of Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor allegedly kissing which grabbed the headlines.
More recently, when singer Mika grabbed Rakhi Sawant for a kiss at a party last year, it made national news and Rakhi filed a case of molestation against Mika.
?They are bringing up these issues by talking about culture. What culture are they talking about? Are they following it themselves? I think it?s all just become a farce,? said senior journalist, Rauf Ahmed.
While the morality brigade continues to frown upon public kisses, the censors seem to have loosened up.
Kisses in films are no longer nodding flowers or birds on branches, they are now a route to quick stardom.
Mallika Sherawat became an overnight star for her 17 kisses in Khwahish and Emraan Hashmi has made a profession of serial kissing.
With kissing making for blockbusters way back in 1978 with films like Satyam Shivam Sundaram, one wonders if public kissing in India is still anti-tradition and an offence
watch the video
http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/39298/in-india-kiss-and-face-the-music.html
But now it spells an arrest warrant for Gere. He clearly had no idea how far a kiss in India took take him.
When asked about it, he said,"I'm sorry I can't talk about it.? Following that, Gere also issued a statement apologising to his friends in India and that his intentions as an HIV/AIDS advocate were not offend anyone.
But this is not the first time that a kiss has been blown into a controversy.
In 1980, actor Padmini Kholapure scandalised the nation by kissing Prince Charles on the cheek.
In 1993, when actor Shabana Azmi placed a peck on Nelson Mandela's cheek, it was called anti-Islamic and anti-Indian.
In 2004, it was an MMS clip of Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor allegedly kissing which grabbed the headlines.
More recently, when singer Mika grabbed Rakhi Sawant for a kiss at a party last year, it made national news and Rakhi filed a case of molestation against Mika.
?They are bringing up these issues by talking about culture. What culture are they talking about? Are they following it themselves? I think it?s all just become a farce,? said senior journalist, Rauf Ahmed.
While the morality brigade continues to frown upon public kisses, the censors seem to have loosened up.
Kisses in films are no longer nodding flowers or birds on branches, they are now a route to quick stardom.
Mallika Sherawat became an overnight star for her 17 kisses in Khwahish and Emraan Hashmi has made a profession of serial kissing.
With kissing making for blockbusters way back in 1978 with films like Satyam Shivam Sundaram, one wonders if public kissing in India is still anti-tradition and an offence
watch the video
http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/39298/in-india-kiss-and-face-the-music.html
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