Starlet�s skin show creates hullabaloo in Gujarat

11 January, 2009

Shradha Sharma had created five special acts for this event and rehearsed for about 20 days prior to the finale. In fact, while rehearsing, she fainted due to exhaustion just a few hours before the event, but did not cancel her performance.

BOLLYWOOD AND television actress Shradha Sharma’s New Year Eve’s performance and skin show at the Country Club in Baroda has stirred a hornet’s nest. According to eyewitnesses, Sharma wore shorts or briefs that clearly exposed her backside. In another performance, her innerwear was clearly visible.

Local Gujarati publications and cable channels in Baroda reported that an advocate has sent the club a legal notice and threatened to drag Sharma to court. Unconfirmed sources said that some local Gujarati Womens’ organisations expressed their displeasure at the ‘scintillating’ performance and the costumes worn by Sharma.

While Shradha Sharma was unavailable for comment, her media and business manager Flynn Remedios said that neither were they aware of any such ‘protest’, nor have they received any legal notice. “We are not aware of what you are talking about,” said Remedios while denying that any ‘inappropriate’ outfits were used in the programme.

Sharma was signed on by Country Club along with actresses Mallika Sherawat, Ameesha Patel, Aarti Chabria, Riya Sen, Kim Sharma, Rakhi Sawant and Shefali Zariwala.

She had created five special acts for this event and rehearsed for about 20 days prior to the finale. In fact, while rehearsing, she fainted due to exhaustion just a few hours before the event, but did not cancel her performance.

The Country Club at Baroda hosted an exclusive mega bash attended by approximately 2,000 persons which was a big hit among the local youth. After the performance was over, hundreds of men and women lined up for photographs and autographs with Sharma, who spent about an hour obliging her well-wishers. A unique fact was that young girls in Baroda outnumbered the men lining up for group photographs.