Shakti Kapoor stung by sting operation 14th Mar 2005
09.31 IST
By Agencies
He is one of the topmost villains of Bollywood. But one sting operation claims to have revealed that he is a ‘bad guy’ in real life too.
Shakti Kapoor has been filmed purportedly making verbal and physical advances against a young woman and casting aspersions on several film personalities in a sting operation conducted by a private TV channel.
Kapoor did not deny making the advances but maintained he was set up. He claimed he had not made any specific statements about his fellow stars but only spoke in generalities.
The sting was conducted by producer Suhaib Ilyasi for his "India's Most Wanted" programme that has now shifted to the India TV channel.
The channel aired the 40-minute clip on Sunday.
In it, Kapoor is seen to be making sexually explicit verbal and physical suggestions to an India TV reporter posing as an aspiring film star.
The reporter is told of various "services" that would have to be provided if she were to make it big.
Kapoor then turns his wrath on Ilyasi and the cameraman when he discovers he is being filmed.
"Kapoor had the choicest of verbal abuses reserved for us when he realised what happened. He threatened us with dire consequences and even said he would stab the girl," Ilyasi said.
"It was a trap," Kapoor later told a press conference.
"This girl had been in touch with me for close to five months, calling me up in the middle of the night and asking for roles. She even sweet-talked me into meeting her. Any man would fall for this," he claimed.
Kapoor called on Bollywood to support him in his hour of need.
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Shakti Kapoor stung by sting operation
