Wednesday, May 30, 2007

A kiss is just a kist by Gere

Hollywood star Richard Gere got himself into trouble by kissing the cheek of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. Gere Swooped Shetty up in his arm, dipped her and kissed her severa times on the cheeks at an event in New Delhi last month to promote aids awareness among Indian truck drivers. This act has ordered the Indian court to arrest him for committing an obscene act in the public.

This act has cause a sparked protests in some parts of india, mostly by Hindu vigilante groups, who saw it as an outrage agaibst Shetty's modesty and an affront to Indian culture. A court in the northern city of Jaipur ordered Gere's arrest in the response to a complaint by a local lawyers.

Gere a devout buddhist who visits India frequently to meet Dalai Lama, said the event was a successful at the time but blew up later. If Gere found guilty he could face a three months in jail or a fine or both for such an offence. Gere who star in the movies Pretty women.