Man shoots wife after seeing India film on marriage

Sunisa 08-22-2006

The Mumbai Mirror daily said the wife had left his home with their two children after a marital spat. But on Saturday, they had made up and went to see "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" (Never Say Goodbye), a Hindi film about couples finding love outside marriage, which has been playing to packed houses in Indian cities.

The newspaper said the 32-year-old man's real intention in taking his wife to the movie was to persuade her to allow him to marry his girlfriend. When she refused, the husband attacked her with a "sharp weapon" and shot her in the stomach, leaving her for dead on the road, the Mumbai Mirror reported.

"The wife survived and she has given us a statement against her husband," a police officer said.

The film's director Karan Johar expressed shock.

"When I made the film, I never thought it would incite such strong emotions," Johar was quoted as saying in the newspaper.

Bollywood, the world's most prolific film industry, has a big influence over the lives millions of Indians, who visit cinemas regularly to see the latest releases.

In June, a young man leapt off a cinema balcony in central India and broke his leg while trying to imitate the stunts of a superhero in a Bollywood movie.

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Next time you planning on taking your man to some chick flick think again