Bollywood's Krazy Kat gets her claws out (obscure Bollywood starlets manufacture controversy)

AP/Yahoo ^ | 7/14/06

[martin_fierro]

Bollywood's Krazy Kat gets her claws out

1 hour, 19 minutes ago

NEW DELHI - It's turning into a real Bollywood Kat fight. Bollywood's latest music video star, Nandini Jumani, has filed a case with the police, accusing her rival, Rakhi Sawant, of harassing her, the Times of India reported Thursday.

Jumani, popularly known as Krazy Kat, said she had received a number of threatening calls lately. "I think Rakhi is behind the calls. I suspect her since I recently talked about her in an interview," she told the newspaper.

In that interview, Jumani said Sawant was all fake and her good looks could be attributed to lots of plastic surgery.

Sawant said she had nothing to do with the calls; in fact, she's never heard of Jumani.

"Who is this Nandini Jumani," she told the newspaper. "This is all very shocking for me."

With Bollywood films peppered with song and dance routines, many women who star only in the music videos acquire a celebrity status in India, where they are commonly known as "item girls."

[martin_fierro]

What a manufactured-for-PR "controversy".

Nandini Jumani, l (photo not readily available on teh Intarweb) and Rakhi Sawant

Quick! Someone call Krrish! He'll sort all this out.

[Gengis Khan]

I bet you haven't heard of Rakhi Sawant's scandal with Mika.

[maxypane]

Seriously guys...Do we need this now?

[llevrok]

ping for laTER