Sushmita Sen, currently shooting for Ram Gopal Varma’s Sholay is faced with a criminal charge filed by a lawyer from Madurai for commenting on the irrelevancy and hypocrisy behind the whole idea of chastity.
After a long hard day of grueling dramatic scenes with Varma, the last thing Sushmita needs is to be reminded of a vague observation from the back of the beyond.
“I tell you, I’m so much in demand,” she drips sarcasm. “This chastity thing, I’m not aware of this gup-shup. I don’t remember making comments on this subject. ‘Chastity’ isn’t a word I usually use. Can you please define chastity for me?
I’m not in the habit of shooting off my mouth about sex men and morality. But if I’m pointedly asked a question on these subjects I’d obviously answer directly. Why should I dodge questions on these topics?
I’m 31 years old, and apparently a member of a democratic society where one has the right to speak one’s mind, right. Apparently some people think I’m too young to talk on touchy topics.”
Sushmita says she is a totally non-judgemental live-and-let-live person. “Ultimately you have to live with your own conscience and morality. When one lives by certain principals and moral ground-rules one has only oneself to answer. My code of conduct should upset no one except maybe my immediate family.
Trust me, I’m a responsible citizen. I’d never be frivolous about issues that concern society at large. The worldover specially in third-world countries, there’re the highest number of unwed teenage motherhood. That’s because of the code of silence applied to matters pertaining to pregnancy.”
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