Gere kiss sparks India protests


	Gere kiss sparks India protests

mugofcoffee

4-16-2007 9:48 PM

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richard gere, shilpa shetty, kiss, aids campaign, india.

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4-16-2007 9:52 PM

arifsali

O Shilpa, how much more publicity can you handle with such a small physique of yours?

4-17-2007 8:21 AM

Deepti

If it was some Indian actor smooching away with her in a bollywood movie, no one wud give a @#$%
The things people will do for publicity.....

4-18-2007 3:46 PM

arifsali

You know, when one looks at it on screen, you can really tell that Gere is out of line (seems drunk to me), but obviously, all this is fine in the West but not in East. If he was informed and knew where he is then he probably wouldn't have created any scene.

4-19-2007 12:44 AM

TigerClaws

Fuckin Indian assholes... i really freakin HATE hypocrites!!

They have half naked women dancin and screwing in their movies now.. and yeah! Cuz Gere "kissed" shilpa, they're mad about it.. BASTARDS need help!! lol..

Oh! by the way... yeah im from India!

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