Like a pair of star-crossed lovers, the words “Bollywood” and
“sex scandal” just can’t keep their hands from going down each other’s
pants (or something like that). The latest hullabaloo erupted after the broadcast
of famous villain actor Shakti Kapoor purportedly soliciting sex from a reporter
posing as an aspiring actress:
A video clip, which the station said was taken earlier this year, purportedly
shows Kapoor in a Bombay hotel room telling the undercover reporter, “I
want to make love to you … and if you want to come in this line (of business),
you have to do what I am telling (you) to do.” Kapoor is heard on the 40-minute
recording telling the woman that he will put her through acting and dance classes
before introducing her to top directors. He also names three Indian actresses
who allegedly had sex with top producers and directors in exchange for roles.
[AP/Yahoo!]
Kapoor denies any wrongdoing, claims it’s a frame-up, and accuses the broadcaster
of altering the clip. See, when he said “I want to make love to you,” the
unedited version actually had him saying, “I want to make love to you, mom.”
So really, there’s nothing tawdry about what he said. Oh, wait…
AP/Yahoo!: Sex scandal embroils Bollywood
Update: Saurav points us
to a download site that has a copy
of the video (5.1 MB).
Update 2: DesiDancer directs us to a pair of Sify articles (1, 2)
that name names. Kapoor’s spin is almost as hackneyed as his pick-up lines:
Kapoor
found himself deeper in trouble because he named leading film personalities to
have used the casting couch to enter the film industry. “With folded
hands I have apologised to the entire film industry, including Subhash Ghai,
Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukerji, who are close to me,” he
said. “I had no intention to hurt them. The whole thing was doctored and
tampered and, in case they still feel hurt, I am ready to apologise again.”…“I
have been framed so badly that I could suffer a heart attack,” he said. “They
could have pushed me to the brink of committing suicide.”…“I suspect
I have been framed by a political party. I had supported the Congress and my
opposing rivals would have found this the right opportunity to settle scores
for having backed the party. The said channel (India TV) which has pulled through
this ’expose’ is known to have the backing of the rival party. Hence, I strongly
suspect that the whole thing had been framed,” he said. [Sify]
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