The Virgin airline tycoon stunned former Miss India Neha Dhupia with the move which sent-up actor Richard Gere's ill-advised lunge at Celebrity Big Brother star Shilpa Shetty during a live press conference in New Delhi.
Hollywood star Gere was threatened with court action after grabbing Shilpa Shetty and kissing her on the cheek when they appeared on television together.
Top gun Branson puckers up for cheeky smooch with Bollywood actress
Head over heels: Branson sweeps the Bollywood actress off her feetAn astonished Dhupia, 27, said: "Richard charged on the stage, did some smart bhangra steps and hugged me.
"Next thing I knew, he lifted me and twirled me around. I was shocked."
Branson was also filmed imitating an iconic 007 pose - brandishing two guns at one time.
Branson, 58, was in India to promote his telecoms business. India'a mobile phone market is growing by eight million a month and he has done a deal with Tekecom's giant Tata Indicom.
License to thrill: The 58-year-old in 007 stance on set in Mumbai
Send-up: The infamous clinch between actor Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty caused an outcry among hard-line Hindus who accused the pair of violating anti-obscenity laws
2 comments:
Branson will get away with it - don't they know he's a Virgin? Serious I hear that most former British colonies are still suffering from cultural hangover, and are awed by the Brits (they still play crickett don't hey - and each the British themselves have switched to soccer!). Of course Branson being a knight makes it an honour for one of their actresses to be groped by him. Whereas being groped by an aging and vaguely gay American actor was a disgrace.
Ex colonies are gonna have to get with the times. Even that guy from Little Britain who plays Vickie Pollard is on the honours list, and ahead of Tom Jones for a knighthood. So the honorific has completely lost credibility, and is no longer worth the money paid to obtain it. It's only marginally better than the laughable OBE. (Even Rudie Gulliani is a 'Knight Commander'. Hope that he pays fellow toff Lord Black of Crossharbour a visit while the Baron is backed up in the nic!) If they want to restore some credibility to the honours role, then the are going to have to revived the now practically defunct 'baronet' - and save it for the truly worthy!
Sir Branson is just HOT! I wouldn't mind him grabbing me at all!
Stunning! He is just Stunning!
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