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"TALK ASIA": Shilpa Shetty on CNN

Giving her point of view on the controversy surrounding the kiss planted on her by Hollywood star Richard Gere will be Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in CNN's programme "Talk Asia" that will be premiered this Saturday.

Shilpa reveals why she was unrepentant about her public kiss with Gere and what she learnt from her much talked about stay in the Big Brother household back in London. The actress will also give her thoughts on her love life, film career and more in a freewheeling interview with Satinder Bindra.

Reactions to Gere's prolonged kiss ranged from amusement to outrage, but Shilpa is adamant that the extreme reactions from some do not reflect her country. "I would describe the `some' as a lunatic fringe. And that is not the sensibility of the majority of India," says the actress.

The award-winning star also explains why she is relaxed at the thought of a potential six-year jail sentence in the wake of the controversy before venting her frustration as to why effigies of Gere have been burnt. "I don't know if Richard is going to come back to the country. The losers... it's us again as he was only trying to help us out."

As to those pursuing the litigations, she asks: "I want to actually ask them what they've done for us, what have they done for this country?"

Shilpa will also talk about her time inside the Big Brother household, where she reached the lowest point in her life.

Despite this, she is convinced that to have walked out "would be such a loser thing to do, to give up" and that her final victory "was a huge victory as an Indian to have won something abroad".

Satinder also asks Shilpa about her success in relationships, quizzing her on boyfriends, what dating her would entail, and why she ultimately wants "a happy marriage and whatever it takes to achieve that". -- Madhur Tankha

-- Madhur Tankha

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