Veena Malik nude photo: Pakistan minister warns her of 'strict action'

Veena Malik NNud photo: Pakistan minister warns her of 'strict action'

Islamabad: Queen of controversies Veena Malik may or not have done a nude shoot for an Indian magazine but this time it may not be a hands-down win for Pakistan's custodians of morality because her admirers seem to have multiplied over the year.

Malik, who last ran into trouble for not playing miss-goodie-two-shoes on Indian reality show 'Bigg Boss IV' earlier this year, is back in the spotlight for allegedly posing nude for the cover of FHM India magazine with an "ISI" tattoo on her arm.

She has denied posing nude and has threatened to sue the magazine, whose editor Kabeer Sharma insists that he has a video and an email from Malik that prove the authenticity of the photo.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rahman Malik has said he had not seen the pictures. However, he contended that if Malik had done a nude shoot, "strict action" would be taken against her.

Women have come out in hordes in the virtual world, at least, to support Malik.

"Veena I am proud of you!" wrote Sonia Wahab on a web page.

The best response came from filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy.

She posted on Twitter: "For all you clerics waiting to pounce on Veena Malik better have your excuses lined up about why you were looking at FHM in the first place!"

On the website of The Express Tribune newspaper, Abdul Jabbar posted: "Veena has every right to pose how she wants.

"May be she's showing our moral hypocrisy where we value a woman by her sex life. Maybe she feels she has got nothing to be ashamed of her body, that the female body is not a source of sin and shame. I for one, will not condemn her.

"The Egyptian blogger did it recently and her reasons were valid. There is no need to attach a woman's value in society by the amount of clothes she wraps herself into," he wrote.

But Malik had her share of detractors too. On a Facebook page floated to hate all things Indian, the administrator posted: "Shameless Veena Malik poses naked for men's magazine FHM (India). Notice the ISI tattoo on her arm. This gesture from eastern (sic) neighbour speaks of their frustration and hatred towards the ISI. Veena Malik shame on you".

Over 80 comments that followed requested members of the page to ask Pakistan's Supreme Court to cancel Malik's nationality and to make sure that she does not live in the country again.

Malik has been trending on microblogging website Twitter since the photo became public yesterday.

Actress Meera, Malik's bete noire, called her a "completely mad woman".

The feminists, while supporting Malik's decision to pose nude, wondered if it also amounted to real empowerment.

"Why 'empowerment' and a 'free life' mean no clothes?" tweeted Ayesha Malik.

Some others explained why Malik was in denial. "After all, she probably fears being stripped of her Pak citizenship," wrote blogger Cafe Pyala.

Bollywood legend Dev Anand dies, Aged 88, Dev Anand died, Dev Anand Passes Away, Dev Anand Heart Attack

Dev Anand, Bollywood's evergreen star, who swayed generations of fans as debonair hero and later as a filmmaker in a Bollywood career spanning 65 years, died in his sleep on Sunday, leaving behind a legacy of classics like Guide and Hum Dono.

A sprightly 88-year-old Dev Anand came to London a few days ago for a medical check-up and died after a massive cardiac arrest in his hotel room at 10 pm (3:30 am IST Sunday) with his son Sunil by his side.

The legendary actor was rushed to a nearby hospital but he was pronounced brought dead. He was not keeping well for the last few days.

Dev Anand will be creamated on Tuesday or Wednesday in London, his aide Mohan said. His daughter and granddaughter will be flying to London.

His trademark puff of hair and his sloping walk in films like CID and Jewel Thief, created a huge fan following, making him a legend in his own lifetime.

Dev Anand, whose idol was Hollywood star Gregory Peck, gave countless hits like Guide, Paying Guest, Baazi, Jewel Thief, CID, Johny Mera Naam, Amir Garib, Warrant, Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Des Pardes.

When his contemporaries like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar stopped being the leading men in movies, the versatile actor continued to woo young heroines in movies like Johnny Mera Naam, Des Pardes, Hare Rama Hare Krishna among others till 1983.

Dev Anand made his debut as an actor in 1946 in Hum Ek Hain. By the time his Ziddi was released in 1947 he was a superstar and never looked back. He made his directorial debut with Prem Pujari.

Born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand in Gurdaspur of undivided Punjab to a well-to-do advocate Pishorimal Anand on September 26, 1923, he graduated in English literature from the Government Law College in Lahore.

His brothers were eminent film personalities Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. His sister Sheel Kanta Kapur is the mother of renowned director Shekhar Kapur.

He began his career in the military censor office at Churchgate, Bombay, on a salary of Rs 150 and joined his older brother Chetan as a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association.

A votary of good Indo-Pak relations, Dev Anand was part of the historic Lahore Bus journey with the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Dev Anand established his film production company 'Navketan International Films' in 1949 and produced more than 35 movies.

He co-produced the English Version of Guide with the Nobel Laureate Pearl S Buck. He won two Filmfare Awards in 1958 for his performance in the film Kala Paani and in 1966 for his performance in "Guide", an adaptation of RK Narayan's novel by the same name.

Guide went on to win Filmfare Awards in five other categories including "Best Film" and "Best Director" and was sent as India's entry for the Oscars in the foreign film category that year.

His films spoke of his modern sensibilities and desire to portray tomorrow's headlines today. The Bollywood legend always said that his films were expression of his world view and hence dealt with socially-relevant subjects.

Of late, he was involved in the all-American film Project Song Of Life - a musical love story which was to be shot in the US. He was to play the central character in the film which was to have a predominantly American star cast.

Lady Gaga takes bath in NNUD for new video

London: Lady Gaga will be seen nude and in her bathtub in what is sure to be her most shocking video ever.

In the video for her single ‘Marry The Night’, she writhes in the nude and has topless phone calls.

Far from trying to be sexy though, the video shows her having a breakdown as she spews cereal and hurls things from the window, the Daily Star reported.

Gaga has said that the video portrays the ‘worst day of her life’ when she was dropped by her former record label Def Jam in 2006.