Desi Galaxy

Upen Patel is one of my personal favorite Indian Bollywood hunks. But, unfortunately Upen is all muscles and no brains at all. Who cares if he can not act well? At least I don’t.  As long as he is shirtless wearing swim trunks I am all OK to watch the entire movie). It seems that our sexy desi male model is having tough time getting new projects. He is capable of staying alive in the gossip columns but even then no major project or role for him. He recently had differences with the director of his upcoming movie One Two Three. It is rumored that the director Ashwin Dheer was so fed up of Upen that he completely edited out an entire item song of Upen from the movie. Now this is a really terrible news for all of us Upen Patel fans, we might have watched the movie in hope of seeing Upen Patel’s naked body. Ashwin wasn’t satisfied enough with this he took one more step and humiliated Upen publicly on the occasion of the music launch of the movie. Ashwin Dheer invited entire cast on the stage and completely ignored Upen who was standing among the crowd. Upen expressed his anger by telling that he was shell shocked and humiliated. Upen blames Ashwin’s attitude as the prejudice towards non-filmi self made new actors.


Upen also caused trouble on the sets of his another movie, Money Hai Tu Honey Hai. It is reported that Upen teared his shirt in frustration and anger over the designers assigned to dress him up for the movie. Upen said that the designer duo often picked up jeans and tshirts from cheap stalls for Upen to wear and most of the time they would simple suggest him to go shirtless (Upen baby you should have considered their advice there is not much you have to offer than your bare chest scenes). The producer then hired a new designer exclusively for Upen Patel.

It is also rumored that he has ditched girlfriend Shamita Singha and now seeing Gauhar Khan. (Who the hell is Gauhar Khan?) A simple Google search revealed that she is a famous model. Apparently Upen met her during a fashion show and then there were sparks of attraction on both ends. We wish Upen best of luck but we also think that he should concentrate more on his Hindi lessons and acting skills.

Salman Khan is so hot that even religious clerics can’t resist his hotness and popularity. Muslim Clerics of Darul Ifta has issued a fatwa against Salman Khan for attending Ganesh Puja (A Hindu Festival where people gather to worship Ganesh). The Muftis told media that Islam strictly forbids all kind of idol worship and by attending such a worship. Committing this crime Salman Khan is no more a Muslim. In order to regain his faith again Salman Khan must recite the Kalma in front of an Imam (the mosque leader) and two Muslim witnesses.

Being a Muslim I have no doubt about the Fatwa. The Tauheed (believing that there is no God but Allah) is the most important aspect of being a Muslim. This is the most fundamental principle of Islam. By showing any gratitude towards any false God we commit the sin of Shirk (making false gods who share Allah’s powers). So there is no doubt about the authenticity of the Fatwa.

But the question is, did Salman really took part in the worship or he was just there to attend a festival to make his millions of Hindu fans happy. If he was there only to attend the festival and not to worship, and his motive was to spread the religious harmony and brotherhood among different religious communities. Then he does not need any fatwa and does not need to get back to Islam. But only Salman knows what was in his heart when he was attending the festival.

About Fatwas, Islamic scholars do not issue a fatwa to harm a person’s popularity or things like that. In order to issue Fatwa they need someone who files a question. The guidance seeker provides them the information and based on the given information they issue their fatwa. For example some person shows them the pictures of some actress and asks them what does Islam says about this actress wearing this kind of clothes. Or someone shows them press statement of some person and asks them what Islam has to say about this. So the Fatwa is basically a general ruling and it is not targetted towards some specific person. It just explains things according to principles of Islam. I think this is what the religious clerics did in Salman’s case. They were told about Salman Khan attending Ganesh Pooja and they simply told that attending any worship of any false gods makes a person Murtid (the one who denies the basic faith) and in order regain his/her faith the person needs to recite the Kalma again in front of two Muslim witnesses.

The media loves to spice up things and they make it a Fatwa against Salman Khan. It is a fatwa against Salman Khan but it was not issued to pin point Salman Khan, it only explains basic principles of Islam. But since the questionnaire asked specifically about Salman Khan thats why it seems like a fatwa against Salman Khan. The Ulemas would have said the same thing even if it was not about Salman Khan.

Bollywood’s leading male singer, Sonu Nigaam has accused Subhash K. Jha of sexual harrassment. Subhash is a senior film journalist and Sonu accused him of sending him lewd SMS messages and asking for sexual favors. We have had sexual harrassment, casting couch and other such scandals in Bollywood before. But this is probably the first time when a male star has accused another male personality for sexual harassment. Even though people including myself always thought Sonu Nigam looks so gay (look at the picture below). But now that he has denied the rumors I take his words. He is straight and so cute.

Sonu says that Subhash K Jha is openly gay and almost every body in the film industry knows that. Sonu also told that once Subhash got drunk and tried to misbehave with him and expressed his love (or may be lust) for the cute singer. When Sonu refused to entertain Subhash’s dirty desires, he started to write negative about him in his film columns. In an open letter to the Times of India Sonu wrote:

It’s not a secret in the industry that he is a homosexual. God bless him for homosexuals are normal people with just different sexual preferences, just like men lusting for women is not a taboo. But a man punishing a woman for not complying with his sexual advancement is an issue right? So why isn’t a man imposing upon another man an issue? Isn’t this a free world?

If someone can do this to me, I wonder what the new strugglers, models and actors have to go through in this industry? My heart goes out to them. Please let them know we are not living in a jungle where someone’s silence is taken as a sign of weakness by a beast! Let them know that homosexuals have their right to be themselves in this society, but so do heterosexuals!

This is no more a secret that there are gay celebrities. Gay Indian actors who live an openly gay life style but media still considers it a taboo to bring out this gay Bollywood actors, models, producers, directors, etc to light. There are men in Bollywood who ask for sexual favors not only to female new comers but men are also a target of their lustful desires. I think it is important that such people should be brought to justice so that talented people can make their way into the entertainment industry without fearing any sexual harassment.

Many British citizens of Indian origins are trying to make themselves a career in Hindi movies. Katrina Kaif, Jiyah Khan and so hot and sexy Upen Patel. Getting work in show business needs charisma and popularity but how once could achieve popularity with out getting a major role in a big bollywood movie? Well, the answer is quite simple, get yourself involved in scandal and use your connections in the media to get the scandal published. Breaking the scandal on Television is good but even gossip columns can do wonders.

Latest in an NRI’s Bollywood scandals is Hazel’s casting couch story. You may have noticed her in nokia, sunsilk and lays commercials. This English beauty arrived here with dreams to make it big in Bollywood. During her struggling days she was once invited by some filmmaker (She doesn’t want to reveal his name) for an audition. The film maker wanted to see her in Bikini but as she didn’t bring any bikini costume with her, the film maker asked her to strip because he wanted to see how she looks in her under garments. Hazel walked out of the audition.

I don’t see the reason behind her walking out of an audition for a big bollywood movie. May be she was not wearing any undergarments. But when going for an audition, I think that any professional actor would at least keep extra clothes and other accessories in some bag. Its not that getting undressed is the usual auditioning routine, but what if something bad happens like an accident or something getting your clothes ruined. Hazel’s story is a reminder for all the girls trying to get work in bollywood, “Always carry bikini with you on auditions”.

The world is watching Indian Kissing scandals closely. The world can understand that the public display of affection by kissing hurts Indian feelings. But we have news of complaints filed in Indian courts against the kissing scenes in the movies. Just a few days ago Aishwarya Rai was summoned by the court to explain an “obscene” kissing scene in the movie Dhoom 2.

Christian Science Monitor takes a good look at the Indian sensibilities and the controversy over the Gere-Shetty kissing. In India, a public kiss is not just a kiss is the title of the story. They interviewed people like shopkeepers, college girls and sociologists.

“Courts spend 20 years on rape cases, and here they’ve issued a warrant in weeks,” says Hardeep Singh, sitting behind the counter of his father’s shoe store.

Since Bollywood has taken the lead to break the kissing taboo so it is easily understood why the actors and actresses are becoming victim of public anger. But Bollywood refrains to take part in the debate openly as they have always tried to keep a distance from politically charged controversies. It is not good for their business, I guess. I liked what Dipankar Gupta said while explaining the Indian fury over the kissing scenes in the movies and real life.

“Two very different societies are colliding with each other,” says Dipankar Gupta, a sociologist at Jawaharlal Nehru University here. “Because of the Western influence, the changes here are not a natural evolution.”…
….After all, this is the land of the “item girl” – that would-be Bollywood star whose dancing includes everything short of a pole and a wardrobe malfunction. Yet for all her overt sexuality, the temptress is acceptably Indian. The public kiss is not.

Remember we talked (like every body else) about the innocent Richard Gere kissing Shilpa. Well, but a court in India finds it Obscene and has issued arrest warrant for Richard Gere. While talking to Jon Stewart on the Daily show Richard Gere said:

Me kissing the girl on the cheek was nothing. There is a very small right-wing, very conservative political party in India and they are the moral police in India … they do this kind of thing quite often. I do not know of anyone who has gone to jail for something like this.

Shilpa Shetty’s spokesperson Dale Bhagwager told that Shilpa had not received any court order or summons and was currently away visiting temples. He said Shetty had not done anything wrong.

What is there to comment? They were three innocent, natural cute pecks on the cheek. What can one say, when three pecks can be made into an issue in the land of the Kama Sutra? People should concentrate on the bigger issue of Aids, rather than this.

Under the Indian law a person convicted for public obscenity may end serving up to three months in prison, a fine or both.

Poor Richard Gere he didn’t know that kissing someone is such a big issue in India. And kissing someone in public is a horrible act. The controversy sparked when Richard Gere kissed Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty during an AIDS HIV awareness rally.

Some Hindu fundamentalist parties hijacked the issue, claiming that Richard’s kissing was vulgar. They organized protests in Mumbai shouting “death to Shilpa Shetty”.

Shilpa Shetty dismissed the public criticism by saying:

What he did was very sweet. It was all in good humour, He especially told me to tell the media that he didn’t want to hurt any Indian sensibilities. I am happy that this has happened because at least now people will talk about the issue of Aids and HIV.

Richard surely didn’t know the sensibilities of macho Indian society where all Indian men want all Indian women for themselves. A Gora kissing their big brother winner is disgusting. However, if the same gora or even if some desi had kissed Shilpa on screen then they would have loved it. Kissing to Indian society is something so special and fantastic that they can not see it happening in real, under broad daylight.

I remember watching Main Hon Na and there was this sweet girl Mini who was addicted to applying lipstick on her lips. Her role was short but as a performer she did a great job.

Unfortunately she went un noticed and didn’t get much work afterwards. So the poor girl decided to do things that could bring her some fame, and work. She appeared in the item songs. Modern mujra videos, wearing revealing outfits and exposing her body parts. She got involved with music videos, these garam masala videos has made her the sex bomb about to explode. She then appeared in the Big Boss reality show. She filed a police complain against pop singer Mika for sexual harrassment. Kolhapur police registered a case against her on obscenity charges after a stage performance in the town. She is brave, out spoken and has a wild sense of humor.

Her father is a police officer who went mad on her for exposing her cleavage. But her Mother Usha and Brother Rakesh are cool with her career choice. In fact she even worked in a movie directed by her brother “Hot Money” in 2006. She appeared wearing even shorter skirts and showed her body like she never did before. She said “I was wearing these costumes for every one’s item songs why not for my brother?”. Some bindas Babe she is.

She also donates and openly supports organizations such as Hriday Mitra Foundation, and PETA. She performed for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) by appearing in a cage wearing the make up of a tigress. Below are some pictures of Rakhi Sawant: