Bollywood's Brush With the Law
Monica Bedi: The Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of Bollywood actress Monica Bedi in a passport forgery case, but reduced the sentence to the imprisonment already undergone.Bedi was caught in Portugal for travelling on a false passport to the name of Sana Malik Kamal. She was sentenced to five years of imprisonment by the trial court in Hyderabad which was reduced to three years by Andhra Pradesh High Court. We take a look at other actors who have had a brush with law...
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The Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of Bollywood actress Monica Bedi in a passport forgery case, but reduced the sentence to the time already spent in prison. Bedi was caught in Portugal for travelling on a false passport by the name of Sana Malik Kamal. She was sentenced to five years in jail by the trial court in Hyderabad which was reduced to three years by Andhra Pradesh High Court. We take a look at other actors who have had a brush with law
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Shilpa Shetty was also caught up in controversy for ‘posing in an obscene manner' in a Tamil newspaper. In her defense, the actress had said, “what is obscene about it? If navel-showing is obscenity, then our traditional Indian outfit - the traditional sari - should be banned in the first place."
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In 2005, Southern actress Khushboo came under fire for her comments about the need for protected sex in an interview about AIDS awareness. She had also added that no educated man should expect his wife or girlfriend to be a virgin. Her outspokenness prompted two political parties to take offence.
