SoggyCornflakes - Bollywood

Over this past weekend, a private gay party was broken up at Thane Yevor, with cops raiding the place. Homosexuality laws are still unchanged from colonial times and homosexuality is a crime that could carry up to 10 years in prison. As the rest of the world becomes more accepting and tolerant of homosexuality, Bollywood actors were asked about the incident and all show quite a lot of tolerance.

Riya Sen: “Everyone in a democracy should enjoy the freedom to do what he or she likes. I think it’s uncivilized to question anyone’s sexuality and invasion of privacy is a bigger crime than any.

Not just homosexuality we need to open up our minds against all kinds of prejudice, if we want to really go global.”

Randeep Hooda: “I’ve lots of gay friends, both male and female. And I’m very comfortable with them. As long as they respect my heterosexual space I’ve no problems with their sexuality.

As far as the gay party on Saturday night is concerned if the party goers were disrupting the neighbourhood’s peace then they deserve to pulled up.

Alternate sexuality must not be an excuse for extra rights and privileges. If you want to be equal then fight it out in life just like any of us.

Nandana Sen: “Yes absolutely! The laws need a change. No one has the right to invade a peaceful private gathering. It’s against our democratic principles to treat homosexuality as crime.

Celina Jaitley: “My closest friends are gay and I wouldn’t let anyone hurt them. The laws need drastic change. Homosexuality has existed since the invention of civilization.Some of our greatest artiste today ate gay.

At this time of HIV and AIDS gay rights should be our primary concern. The Britishers who left behind our laws on homosexuality are gone.

In Britain they’ve gay marriages. So why we we stuck with their obsolete laws? Also science proves homosexuality is genetic. How can gays be punished when even the Hindi language has the stree-ling and pu-ling genders?

Imtiaz Ali: “Of course the laws need to be revised! An act that is natural to some cannot be illegal in a free democracy.”

Amrita Arora: “Gays have just the same rights as straight people. I party with them and I find them sensitive and dependable. Why single them out for ridicule? High time people stop being judgemental about how others live their lives.”

Irrfan Khan: “I’m not sure about the laws regarding homosexuality. And how do we know it was a gay party?”

Ay Irrfan, you want details? It’s a gay party when…ah, forget it. This is a family-friendly blog.

Since its Diwali and the majority of our readers are celebrating, I’m taking it easy. So let’s hear what the stars are doing for their Diwali’s…I mean, what they’re giving and receiving:

Bipasha Basu: “What would I like for Diwali? I’d like people to come and see John and me in Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal. It’s really turned out well. As for me, I want to see people around me smiling. I’ll make sure I don’t give anyone any reason to frown this Diwali.”

Ranbir Kapoor: “Since Diwali coincides with the release of Saawariya what better gift to mankind than my debut film (grins). For myself I want Saawariya to be the grand success that it deserves to be. More immediately I wouldn’t mind loads of clothes and new new phone this Diwali (the one I just bought is troubling me).

Suniel Shetty: “I want to gift good health and comfortable space to those who are associated with me personally. I want to create more wellness in the country and I’d like to build health centers. Me? I already have everything. Bahut diya dene wale ne mujhko.

Iqbal Khan: “I won’t be working on Diwali, and that’s the best gift I can give myself and my wife. Besides that I’ll pray to God to give me loads of happiness. I’d like to wish the same for all the people who matter to me. Insha Allah.

Lilette Dubey: “I’d love to gift all those people who work for me with something they really need and send something to some charity associations as well. Me? I’d love to get a small alpha romeo ha ha…”

Shilpa Shetty: “On Saturday it was my first show of Miss Bollywood in England. All shows here are full. What better Diwali gift can I hope for? If I can familiarize even a fraction of the western world with Bollywood I’ve gotten the best gift I could hope for.

Suneel Darshan: “The two scripts that I’m currently writing are my humble gifts to myself. Hopefuly the love and acceptance that these two films will get would be the gift that I get from them.

Arshad Warsi: “The only Diwali gift I want is for my films to do well. As for my friends and family, they can have whatever they like. Jaan haazir hai.

Nandana Sen: “The one gift that I’d like to give and receive this Diwali is more time to spend with my mother.”

Randeep Hooda: “Love, love and love. That’s what I need for Diwali and that’s what I need to give also. And why only for Diwali? I need it for Holi, Christmas and Eid as well. Any takers?

Koena Mitra: “I’ve got special Ganeshji pendants made for my friends and staff. I’ll send these with mithai. I love candles and can’t receive enough of them. I love giving and getting gifts during Diwali. In fact I got lots of gifts this Diwali and didn’t mind at all (wink). But please, no sweets for me!

Amrita Arora: “I’ll be gifting my dad a laptop for Diwali. I don’t know what I’ll be getting, though.”

Priyanka Chopra: “My family and I are supposed to move into our new home. Unfortuately the home couldn’t be ready on Diwali. But we’ll be moving by month-end and that’s Diwali gift enough for us. Jahan pe basera ho diwali wohi hain

Mahesh Bhatt: “I’d love to gift my wife Soni Razdan a script this Diwali.She’s directing a film for UTV and I’m working on the script. And I want EMI to gift me with a hat-trick of hits for our production house.

Sophie Chowdhary: “I just bought my dream home. So now two things remain. My dream role and, even tougher, my dream man. Anyone wants to gift me that? As for giving I believe in giving as good as I get.

Dino Morea: “Without meaning to sound righteous, I’d like to gift a poor family something to make this Diwali brighter.”

Sweet.