Bollywood debuts in real life kiss

‘Bollywood’s hottest young couple have evidently decided, Jab pyaar kiya to darna kya. We found Kapur and Kapoor liplocked at a party…’ read the report. Hours later, the stars were on record hotly denying the incident, claiming the pictures were morphed. They said they have slapped legal notices on the publication—Mid-Day—and asked its editor to issue an unconditional apology or face a Rs 20-crore defamation suit.

Mid-Day editor Aakar Patel though is firm that he won’t issue any apology, saying the stills were actually taken from a video clip. ‘‘There are no pictures but a video so there is no question of morphing,’’ he says, adding that his newspaper would fight the legal battle as the celebrities were public figures.

‘‘I have sued them and those pictures are morphed, done on the Internet, and put on a cellphone and sent to everybody on MMS. Mid-Day has taken the pictures out of that and carried it as if we were in Rain (the nightclub). Anyway, legal action has been taken. My lawyers are going to get it cleared,’’ said Kareena.

Shahid is also believed to have sent a notice to the publication. ‘‘I’m extremely hurt. Our families were emotionally traumatised. We have not visited Rain in the past three months,’’ he said.