Alright, will somebody please tell me from where are you guys coming in. My referral log shows google.in. But then it is impossible for people to search for them and find my site. Moreover, there are 75 votes as I write this.

Will we evvver grow up!!!

I googled for “gere kiss shilpa” and ended up here. You seem to be becoming “FAMOUS”

I strongly beleive that such things should not be done in public . atleast not in India

Chadrasekar from USA

thats good buddies,,,,, what u going to achieve when u dont let ur cheeks kissed by anyone and die one day,,,
Let u kiss by anyone who wishes on this earth,,,,
Its after all a feeling ,,,which Mr, Gere has expressed openly,,
U idiots ,,, always do great things behind the scenes ,,
Gere has just done small thing in front of everyone,,,
so,, just praise him,,,Learn from Mr. Gere..
Also learn from Shilpa ,,to give ur cheeks to others for kissing,,,

though it was’nt a matter to be even talked of for gere, it was a good reason enough for fanatic groups to start off protests.
the big question is??? y is shilpa being blamed for it?
could she have said no or slapped gere(who has been actively involved in the drive to stop the spread of AIDS in a our country ) right the on stage? Agreed that it was not to be.. but all the resulting analysis of a simple kiss clearly shows the extent uselee, unemployed people belonging to extremist groups can go to blow insignificant matters out of proportions.

silpa is responsible for the violation of our culture. she should be penalised .

Ha ha ha, this guy is american and he’s a perfect showman. He knowns exactly what will occur after kissing holy Shetty and you’re just part of the manipulation. No one should care and star won’t have to play that kind of card to attract attention.

Hahaahah he Gere seems very hot person and got perfect kiss !!!!

the matter can be seen in two ways. on one hand gere tries to entertain the drivers to make them aware of the program about.

Indian people are really backwards. They are beginning to get what I see as negative, silly presses…not the most effective way to introduce outsiders to your culture. They should get real….India has probably the biggest AIDS problem…
(and, yes I am Indian)

I think stunning, gorgeous, beautiful, talented Shilpa, should just get out of India of the dark ages, and move to U.K or US and continue her career in acting, modelling etc. I think the protestors have nothing else in their lives. I saw the initial news break on CNN late last night in the U.S and then just googled it under Richard Gere Shilpa Shetty and it provided me a plethora of links.
My My for such a trivial incident all this outrage, and please this is just a kiss on the cheeks and maybe an ardent dip and hug, which is a lot better than these same protestors masturbating in cinema theaters in the dark, oggling and even groping young girls furtively in crowds and in public areas, staring at them and plainly making many women and young girls, wish they had never even stepped out. And then these same people drool over the Bollywood cinemas which are full of nearly naked, scantily dressed females in all kinds of sensual scenes, dancing in next to nude costumes, not to mention the kissing and many more things, to get these protestors to pack theaters in India. These same protestors, go home to their child brides (yes, this I have witnessed on my several extensive travels to India, where I have talked to so many women (ranging from 14 to 19 year olds), whose husbands have continually raped these innocent girls, forced into arranged marriages in their small town /villages in many many parts of India.

Their stories are so pathetic and then I feel like gassing all these madcaps. Let’s not forget these same monsters immolated themselves for the release of Salman Rushdies controversial Satanic Verses. Muslim Fundamentalists, Hindu fundamentalists …..you see are all men, very few women in these protests.
Anybody defending an actress like Shilpa Shetty with a pathetic stretch of an excuse, like modesty and virtue could not have been further away from the truth. Let them protest to outlaw the use of prostitues in Mumbai and Calcutta, burn effigies of men, who need women for their sexual gratification. Of all things, for a country with such a xenophobic and pathetic view towards a genuinely innocent hug and a kiss on the cheeks (mind you this was not on the lips), this is the country which can boast a population of a billion plus. Please explain to me, how all these populace came into existance, did they just drop from the skies.
It’s truly embarassing watching such news coming out of India in this day and time. So much for the worlds’s largest democracy. Shilpa and Richard are so out of league with this populace, they can completely ignore them and no need for them to apologize and explain anything. I wonder if these same protestors will line the streets burning any effigies, if it was an Indian actor who swooped on a white actress….I wonder if we will still be hearing this big raucous.

Perhaps it wasn’t the initial kiss that bothered Indians. Perhaps it was Gere’s follow-up, forceful bending her backward despite her unwillingness and then having his way-even though his way is just a peck on the cheek- that offended the sensibility of a conservative nation where you don’t kiss a woman in public, much less against her will.

Look closely at the video. He grabs her, puts one hand on her waist, tries to bend her backward, and she resists even though she’s trying to keep a smiley face. Then he gets more aggressive, plants one foot down firmly, lowers his hand onto her hip and grabs tighter and this time he exerts more force with his upper body to force her to bend even as she clearly tries to wiggle her body out of his grip. She finally caves in, and frankly, if I were her husband or boyfriend, as an American I’d be offended by someone forcing themselves like that. It’s one thing if she’s letting you kiss her, it’s another to take charge of her body and force something onto her. In fact, if you start looking from the beginning, it appears as though Gere was planning this thing from the beginning. His every step looks calculated except that he wasn’t counting on her resisting. To cover up the embarrassment afterward, Richard kneels in front of her. How utterly pathetic. This was definitely not by her consent even though being on the stage in front of a large audience, most people are going to make it look like this is all in fun and games. Imagine yourself in front of your conservative countrymen, being forcefully bent backward when you don’t know what the inteion of the guy is. Richard Gere, you need to chill, buddy. You kind of acted like Joe Namath on ESPN. That was mighty rude even if your intentions were innocent.

I am a Bombayite and I am shocked by the reaction of the people and also the media who are trying to captilize on this by making it a big issue.

The irony of the fact is that before this whole thing happened semi-nude babes danced around the stage shaking their T&As and the crowd seemed to have enjoyed it. I also believe kissing is quite common in Hindi movies these days and it is so ironic for people to come down so hard against Shilpa Shetty and Richard Gere, both entertainers and movie stars who probably do this many times everyday. If the same people who lashed out today were to have done this for each and every such incident, then it would have some weightage, else it looks like spineless cheap people who want to use this to publicize their own ulterior motives.

Even Frenchies are talking about that!
That’s mad

I believe that toilet trash western culture has no business preaching to a 5000 year old culture about what is appropriate and what is not appropriate. Kissing on the cheek is not okay in Indian Hindu tradition and the West must learn to deal with it.

I could point out a hundred things wrong with Western culture but i don’t think it matters. For example, i could talk about Western women delivering babies in the toilet and disposing them in trash cans [yes, in America]. Or i could talk about Western men who have the propensity to stalk and rape children.

Those who live in glass houses dare not hurl stones at others. Please be decent.

guys what shivashankar (me gave the comment ) is it correct ?

i thin k indian lover should read some news paper and learnwhat india has rich-highest rape,aids,poverty,political killing,communal violence-believe me indian lover…i am an indian.love india but definitely i have common sense…..i mean indian culture first is about respect for others-fellow women…about giving birth in toilets…u think indian women are having a great life…what about 13 yearold mothers who later end up begging and being prostitutes…what about child rapes…porn theatres…how come noone burn anything then…

if people really protested against all crap especially communal crap,rape…..child labour..burnt effigies then believe me i would have been on your side.

Baal falainna sceen deikhha somoy noster time nai

Ah! so what if he kissed her,is she a some kind of political or religeous personality we all have seen her so many times on the screen doing this before,what do you all think kissing is a more big offence then showing body and naked parts,folks she is just a celebrity and its not a big issue cheer up and act normal this is not somthing to talk about even if he had kissed on her lips for five mins.Grow up all and see to whom you are talking about.

i might be on gree position.i love you shilpa