Mumbai, Dec 15: Upset over smooching photographs
appearing in a tabloid, Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and
Kareena Kapoor today slapped legal notices on "Mid-Day"
demanding an unconditional apology or else face a defamation
suit.
The newspaper carried photographs of the two stars in
kissing scenes claiming they were clicked at a party in a
restaurant recently.
While the actors denied they had posed for such scenes in
real life, the editor of "Mid-Day" Aakar Patel stood by the
newspaper`s claim that they were indeed Shahid and Kareena.
Kareena slapped a notice on the newspaper asking an
apology and claiming Rs 20 crore damages for loss of
reputation. Kapoor has also sent a notice although he has not
specified the amount of damages.
Kareena told a news channel that she belonged to the
respectable Raj Kapoor`s family and she could never have
done this in public.
"The pictures are false and baseless and not ours," she
said adding it had caused great deal of shock and embarrassment
to her. I can never do such a thing in a restaurant", the
actress said.
If such a thing could happen to her it could also
happen to anyone else in the society, Kareena said and denied
she and Shahid had posed in such scenes in real life.
Shahid also appeared on television to deny the
photographs and said both belonged to respectable families and
could not have done this.
He also denied having gone to "rain" restaurant in the
last three months and said the last time he and Kareena had
gone there was on September 21 which happened to be her
birthday.
"On that day, there were several persons in that
restaurant and we could not have done this", he said.
Asked whether their photographs would have been morphed,
Shahid and Kareena said "may be" but reiterated that they had
never kissed in the restaurant or anywhere else.
"I am shocked and upset over such photographs and also
because the newspaper did not approach us for any
clarification", Shahid said.
The editor of Mid-Day Aakar Patel, however, told the
television channel that the photographs were those of Kareena
and Shahid and that his newspaper would fight the legal battle
while justifying that celebrities were public figures and
there was nothing wrong in focussing on their private lives.
Bureau Report
