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Posted on: Monday, December 05, 2011 3:22 PM
Author: CNN.com - WORLD
Subject: Actress alleges Indian magazine faked nude photo
Veema Malik wants to sue FHM India, alleging that a nude photo of her on its December cover was doctored. |
Pakistani actress alleges Indian mag doctored nude photos
- The magazine, FHM India, denies Veena Malik's allegation
- An attorney for Malik says nude photos in December issue were "doctored"
- On cover, she holds what appears to be a grenade, has "ISI" written on her left arm
- Malik's attorney says the actress is seeking $1.9 million in damages
New Delhi (CNN) -- A Pakistani actress wants to sue an Indian magazine for publishing a nude photo that she alleges was doctored.
On its website, FHM India featured actress Veena Malik nude on the cover of the December issue. In the photograph, Malik is holding what looks like a grenade in her right hand and her upper left arm bears the letters ISI, the acronym for Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
Malik's counsel Ayaz Bilawala told CNN that he had sent a legal notice to FHM India, seeking $1.9 million in damages.
Bilawala claims the publication "cheated" his client and said the magazine doctored the nude pictures.
"Proceedings (in a court of law) will begin soon," he said.
The magazine denied the allegations.
The publication, Bilawala said, violated its agreement with the Pakistani model. And the agreement, he said, required that Malik would be shown all her pictures from the shoot before they were put on public display.
"The pictures that are on display are tampered with, morphed and doctored," he said.
Bilawala didn't dispute the ISI print on Malik's left upper arm but said numerous organizations worldwide used the same acronym.
He refused comment on the grenade-like object.
FHM India hinted at countersuing the actress.
"These allegations are completely and entirely false. We are exploring various other options, including filing a countersuit," FHM India editor Kabeer Sharma told CNN.
Malik said she never agreed to pose nude, the prospect of which sparked outrage in her homeland.
"What I am doing takes a lot of guts," she said. "If I had posed nude for the magazine, I would be the first to admit it. But I didn't agree to this and they are wrong.
"I did not go for this, and I am deeply shocked and depressed about what has happened," she said.
Malik is no stranger to controversy.
She triggered uproar two years ago when she claimed that her former boyfriend, a Pakistani cricketer, was involved in spot-fixing international matches.
A year later, the actress came under fire from Pakistani clerics who decried her behavior in the Indian reality TV show "Big Boss," as "un-Islamic."
"I am not a perfect Muslim or a perfect person, but I haven't committed a crime, and unfortunately things like this are part and parcel of the industry I work in," Malik said Monday.
Still, she downplayed her criticism back home.
"I am not bothered about what they think," she said. "My fans and many Pakistanis support me and believe (in) me."
Harmeet Shah Singh reported from New Delhi and Shaan Khan reported from Islamabad, Pakistan.
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