Pakistani Model Veena Malik’s Nude Photo causes Fury

Pakistani Model Veena Malik’s Nude Photo causes Fury

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Mumbai, Dec 5, 2011 : Pakistani model-actress Veena Malik has demanded Rs 10 crores in damages from FHM India magazine after accusing them of putting a ’’morphed’’ nude picture of her on their latest cover.

Veena, 33, has sent a notice to the magazine claiming they have "cheated" her by "tampering" the photos.

 

 

 

The notice also claims that the incident has caused damage and harm to her reputation in India as well as in her country of birth and the world.

The cover of the magazine’s December issue, posted on FHM India’s website, features Veena in the buff along with the caption, ’Pakistani WMD Veena Malik on Asif, burqas and work visas’.

The actress, who is seen sporting a tattoo with the words ISI on her arm in the photo, denied having posed nude.

"I have never posed nude. I have never done anything like that ever. The picture has been morphed. Its not me. Definitely not," Veena, who is in Mumbai for her new reality show, told PTI after the photos surfaced on the internet.

However, Kabeer Sharma, the chief editor of the magazine has said that they have a video of the photo shoot with her and an email from the actress that proves the authenticity of the photograph.

 

 

"The photo shoot was done in Mumbai on November 22. We have a video of the photo shoot. I also have an email from Veena in which she says she has seen the photos and is happy with them, and that she’s looking forward to seeing the cover," Sharma said.

Veena Malik’s Nude Photo causes Fury in Pak
Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan’s feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation.

 

Veena Malik’s photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine’s December issue, has been lighting up social network websites since earlier this week.

Many here anticipate a backlash, as nationalists and Islamists regularly stage rallies against anything they deem an insult to Islam or to the national honor. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency or ISI has been accused of sponsoring terrorist attacks inside India. Malik has broken Pakistani religious and national taboos in the past. She is a target for conservative ire and a heroine to some Pakistani liberals.

Conservative cleric Maulana Abdul Qawi declared on Aaj TV on Saturday that her latest venture into controversy was a "shame for all Muslims." In an interview with Pakistani Geo television broadcast Saturday, however, Malik said the nude photo was published in violation of her agreement with FHM India and she was considering legal action against the magazine.

Malik acknowledged having been photographed for a "bold but not nude shot." She said the editor of the magazine had promised that he would cover most of the photo with the ISI initials. The photo was intended to poke fun at the Indian fear of Pakistani spies, she said, adding "whatever happens (in India), people say ISI is behind that." Magazine editor Kabeer Sharma said Malik had given full consent for the shoot and the picture.

"We have all the record(s)," he told the Pakistani television station. "Veena was very excited about that ISI idea." Zubair Khan, a 40-year-old shopkeeper in the northwestern city of Peshawar, agreed, saying the photo had given rival India another opportunity to insult Pakistan.

"She has earned a bad name for the entire Pakistan nation," he said. Others questioned the authenticity of the photo.

"It seems to be an Indian attempt to malign Pakistan by faking her nude pics, or she might have done it to get a cheap publicity," said Lubna Khalid, 38, a housewife in the southern port city of Karachi.

Twitter commentator Umair Javed however called on Pakistanis to "make copies of the picture and bury it in your backyard. This way, our grandkids will know there were some amongst us who lived free!"

Asked by reporters whether Pakistan would "pursue the matter" legally, the country’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday, "First, let us see whether it is real or fake." Malik does most of her work in India. The entertainment sector there is booming, while Pakistan’s is moribund. Her ties to Pakistan’s archrival have landed her in controversy in the past.

During a much-publicized talk show appearance early this year, she lashed out her nemesis Abdul Qawi, who criticized her for having a scripted love affair with an Indian actor on an Indian reality show. "What is your problem with me?" an angry Malik demanded of the scholar, who had accused her of insulting Islam.