Gere-Shilpa kissing evokes protests - Page 3

Originally posted by: Maya_M

Do you think it was because of kissing? 😆

has to start somewhere😉

Originally posted by: Maya_M

It's OK if the buses were Made in India.😆

Sangeeta, good to see you after a long time.

So it implies that if you are Made in India you can behave the way you want in the buses which are Made in India. 😆😆😆 

I come to take a peek at I-F in between breaks from work.

Originally posted by: egghatcher

I am still wondering if i should accept the invitation to tip and bow laura bush at the presidential ball I am invited to .... a la Dick Gere .. 😉
lips are willing but the spirit just aint .. 😊

Not spirited enough, eggy 😉? Send you some halal Scotch???😆 

Originally posted by: egghatcher

and a bottle of Listerine or Scope please....... while you are at it 😉

I was thinking more in terms of a hitman - you've got be dead or desperate to kiss Laura 😆

Can't believe no one posted the video(s)....😆😉

"Kiss" video: http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/38619...or-a-cause.html

"Controversy" video: http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/38643...ells-media.html

Enjoy! 😆

Originally posted by: Sharmii

I came Running to the Debate Mansion After I read this Topic. 😆 (or should I say I switched On the Tv and This was the news that was Falshing on Headlines Today )
The comments by readers On Rediff is absolutely Hilarious.

Ok let me try and Post the Pic.He kissed On her Cheek.(After a 100 worse bollywood movies we have suddenly take offense again??)
Oh yes The shiv sena is Protesting.(do they want a Kiss too?? 😆 )

Ruchard Gere has been asked to leave the country?After all he had done for The AIDs compaign?(Pointless but still many people think Aids can be passed By kissing)What abut 'Athithi devo bava' .They always conviniently forgive the parts that dont suit their needs. 😉


Aaah where are all these people when Mr Periera gets Just 6 months of prison for killing seven people including a Pregnant woman.Now a Foriegner comes and tells us we are the Biggest hypocrites I think we should shut our mouths and Accept the Truth. 🤢

You go girl.  Very well said 👏

Richard Gere just kissed Shilpa on cheeks yaar.  What is a big deal??  He did not kiss her on her lips 😳  Convinient standards for indians.

Originally posted by: SolidSnake

Can't believe no one posted the video(s)....😆😉

"Kiss" video: http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/38619...or-a-cause.html

"Controversy" video: http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/38643...ells-media.html

Enjoy! 😆

Dips, second link didnot work and you are still carrying the song on your siggy 😆

Originally posted by: Swar_Raj

Dips, second link didnot work and you are still carrying the song on your siggy 😆

Haha...pehle to chal rahaa thaa...😆

NP...here is another link.. http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/38643/no-kiss-and-tell-for-shi lpa-shetty.html

OT: I just saw this horrible breaking news... http://www.ibnlive.com/news/world/04_2007/shooting-at-virgin ia-tech-university-at-least-22-killed-38649.html 

I happened to see the clipping this morning. In my opinion  it was neither preplanned nor a publicity stunt. It looked like it happened on the SPUR of the moment. Richard Gere looked very HAPPY and not to mention out of Control... I wish people just left it at that. And not blow it out of proportion. One word for the so called PROTESTERS.. get a life and then a good job.

RG probably was not aware of our SANSKRITI😕 😆. Rest assured Richard Gere will never forget it ever again. 😆

Now its for the media to stop blowing it out of context.

The shooting of Shilpa Shetty's new film, Metro, came to an abrupt halt in Navi Mumbai (New Bombay) after some people, allegedly members of the Shiv Sena, went on a rampage on the sets.

The Sainiks were protesting against Richard Gere kissing the actress at an AIDS awareness programme in Delhi, and demanded an apology from Shilpa Shetty. 

"The activists converged at the Vashi railway station where Metro was being shot and burnt an effigy of Shilpa and shouted slogans against her," Ramrao Wagh, police commissioner, Navi Mumbai, told PTI.

"The situation has been bought under control with some activists being detained," he added.

Several protests against the kiss were staged in Varanasi where Gere's effigies were burnt. Protesters claimed the incident was 'an attack on our cultural ethos.'

In Kanpur, protesters -- mostly students -- burnt effigies and demanded that Gere should leave the country immediately while demonstrators in Bhopal threatened to boycott Shilpa's forthcoming films.

The Bharatiya Janata Party also disapproved the act, saying it was not part of Indian culture. "Such a public display is not a part of Indian tradition," said party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar.

Meanwhile, Shilpa held an impromptu press conference and exclaimed that she was 'shocked' by the protests. "India has the second highest number of HIV patients in the world. Yet, we are talking about the kissing incident rather than the HIV cause. We should not waste national time on such trivial issues."

The actress refused to apologise for the incident. "Apology! For what? Did he kiss on my lips? Did he do my vastra haran? Have you never seen a man kiss a woman? Don't act stupid! I don't think anything wrong has happened to me. I am someone who lives with dignity," Shilpa said

The actress added that Gere had called her thrice to apologise for his act. She stated that he had kissed her to entertain the audiences -- there were 4,000 truckdrivers present.

"Richard cannot speak Hindi and that's why he did that dancing number in Bollywood style to keep those truckers entertained. I don't think anything wrong happened, so why should people ask me to apologise?" she asked.

"Our culture says, Atithi Deva Bhava (the guest is God) and I don't think it is right to treat our guest in such a manner," she continued. "I am proud of my culture. Moreover, Richard is someone who is trying to help HIV patients for the last nine years in India. This is not the way to behave with him. He believes in this cause and has given his support from time to time.

"We talk of India going into the 21st century and being progressive. Is this the way to behave?" she questioned. "What kind of reputation do you want to project by this act? These people don't do anything for HIV patients and when others do something, they protest. I feel it is a joke because people are politicising such a trivial issue."

With inputs from PTI

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