http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070105/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentindia

Indian court hears Bollywood kiss complaint

Quote :

"Fri Jan 5, 4:32 AM ET A court in central India has heard statements from a lawyer complaining that an on-screen kiss by Bollywood belle Aishwarya Rai and co-star Hrithik Roshan contravened the country's strict laws against obscenity. The court in the city of Indore recorded statements from a local lawyer, Shailendra Dwivedi, who filed the complaint over last year's biggest Bollywood grossing film, "Dhoom 2" (Have a Blast 2). The case is set to be heard on January 25. "I have already submitted details of the film, the controversial scene, alongside newspaper write-ups and photographs," Dwivedi, a self-confessed moral conduct crusader, told AFP Friday. "My conscience made me file this case. The movie cannot be watched by Indian families as it depicts vulgarity," he said. His complaint is based on section 292 (vulgarity) and section 509 (derogatory to women) of the Indian Penal Code, and states that "Dhoom 2 lowered the dignity of Indian women and gave an obscene message to India's youth". In the movie, Hrithik kisses former Miss World Aishwarya inside a house, just after a Brazilian carnival sequence. Although many Bollywood productions feature raunchy dance scenes, actual kissing is rarely shown on-screen. The film, a sequel to the hit biker-gangster film "Dhoom", collected 1.65 billion rupees (37 million dollars) worldwide. Dwivedi has in the past filed a case against Bollywood director J.P. Dutta's "LoC Kargil" after the Indian flag was shown wrongly draped. He has also filed a case against famed Indian painter M.F. Husain for painting Hindu goddesses in the nude."

is this guy a joke or what?

a feature found in the majority of indian movies:

raunchy half-naked dancing in the rain (guys and girls, bodies stuck to each other, sometimes 1 girl and a bunch of guys all touching, or vice versa)

but apparently, that ^ :

- is not vulgar
- is safe for indian families
- is not derogatory to women
- does not lower the dignity of indian women
- does not give an obscene message to india's youth

but somehow kissing manages to go against all of that!!!

this guy should be locked up for bringing frivolous and hypocritical cases to court.


p.s. here are pics of aishwarya rai, former miss world: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800421165/photos

[Edited on January 6, 2007 at 9:13 AM. Reason : ]

1/6/2007 9:08:40 AM

Oh man, wait until spookyjon sees this.

1/6/2007 9:29:07 AM

why, is it [old]?

if so, lock.

1/6/2007 10:29:52 AM

No, because spookyjon is in the Bollywood business.

1/6/2007 10:39:08 AM

aishwarya rai is hawt for a dot head

1/6/2007 10:59:24 AM

yeah a kiss is totally vulgar.

stupid.

1/6/2007 11:04:19 AM

haha, they are like a 100 years behind us (but not when it comes to filing lawsuits over stupid fucking shit).

[Edited on January 6, 2007 at 11:09 AM. Reason : sdf]

1/6/2007 11:09:36 AM

hahah good point

this is what happens when you make socio-political progress in some areas and not others.

1/6/2007 11:35:21 AM

I don't think I would call any of that "socio-political progress", much less "filing lawsuits over stupid fucking shit"

1/6/2007 4:27:59 PM

1. Old.
2. OH NOES DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE DIFFERENT SOCIAL CUSTOMS.
2. OLD. AS. SHIT. FUCKING. GODDAMN. OLD.

1/6/2007 5:17:17 PM

p.s. WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE AGES COULD SHOW THEIR TITS BUT NOT THEIR ANKLES OH NOEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS.

1/6/2007 5:21:16 PM

that chick is so hott i can't even stand it

1/6/2007 5:28:33 PM

^ you can cry now

http://arabia.msn.com/englishnews/news42.htm

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"India's hottest cinema couple engaged: reports Date: 1/15/2007 12:45:00 PM India's hottest cinema couple have become engaged to be married, ending speculation about their relationship and setting the stage for Bollywood's biggest wedding in years, reports have said. Superstar Aishwarya Rai and heart-throb Abhishek Bachchan, son of screen legend Amitabh Bachchanwere, were engaged at a small ceremony at his home in suburban Mumbai on Sunday, the Press Trust of India reported. Bachchan put a ring on the finger of the former Miss World during a ceremony attended by family and close friends, PTI quoted sources as saying. The engagement ends months of speculation in this movie-mad nation about their relationship, which the pair had refused to comment on. The ceremony took place just hours after the glamorous couple arrived back from New York where they were promoting their new film "Guru", Rai's secretary, Hari Singh, told the news agency. Rumours of impending nuptials had gained momentum since the pair visited a temple in late November to pray and emerged with marigold garlands around their necks, usually a tell-tale sign of a traditional Hindu engagement. The couple have been dubbed "India's Brangelina" after Hollywood's top couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Rai is one of the top Bollywood actresses with several hit movies over the past few years including "Bride and Prejudice," a Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Bachchan has starred in several successful films and was voted the sexiest Asian man by a British newspaper last year. The green-eyed Rai, who is 33 -- usually considered "over the hill" in India, where most women marry in their early 20s or younger -- and Abhishek, 31, have starred together in a number of major films in the past 12 months. PTI said most of the Bachchan family attended Sunday's ceremony along with Rai's relatives, industrialist Anil Ambani and his actor wife Tina."

1/16/2007 8:04:21 AM

i hate the comboing of names.....

1/16/2007 10:32:41 AM

that movie was dhoomed from the very beginning

1/18/2007 6:34:38 PM

Quote :

"Per Aishwarya Rai: This site has been completely suspended effective December 10, 2006"

http://www.aishwaryaworld.com/aw.html

1/18/2007 7:45:52 PM

Quote :

"raunchy half-naked dancing in the rain (guys and girls, bodies stuck to each other, sometimes 1 girl and a bunch of guys all touching, or vice versa)"

I've never seen any remotely raunchy dancing in the handful of bollywood films I've seen (mostly YashRaj stuff )

1/18/2007 7:55:45 PM

^you must be blind

1/18/2007 8:49:04 PM