19-05-2007 10:49
This Sunday, Karan chats up with the Hollywood hunk Richard Gere on ‘Koffee with Karan’ on May 20th at 9 p.m. exclusively on Star One and Star World
Very few celebrity actors go beyond their star status and actually dedicate their lives to a cause; a cause that changes lives, a cause that saves lives. This, Sunday Karan’s guest is one such man. He is not only a Hollywood superstar but also a man with a humanitarian mission and on a lighter note; he is considered one of the sexiest men in the business… Catch none other than Richard Gere on television’s favourite weekly chat show, ‘Koffee with Karan’, this Sunday evening, May 20th at 9 p.m. only on Star One and Star World.
“My mother goes weak in her knees every time she sees you on television,” says Karan as he welcomes the Hollywood heartthrob Richard Gere. Speaking about the Gere Foundation, Richard shares what prompted him to take up the cause of HIV Aids, his take on celebrities who think it is fashionable to fight for a cause and where does he see his Foundation a decade from today. Truly, a man who feels and works passionately for this cause, Richard talks about his experience in India and how this disease has now gone into the middle and upper middle class homes as well. Also, sharing about the fantastic support he has received from the Bollywood film fraternity, Richard talks about how Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shabana Azmi and Bipasha Basu have been very encouraging and their enterprise and involvement set the ball rolling. On the other hand, Richard also confesses that he has seen Indian movies, but cannot recollect the names and in fact would love to act in a song and dance Bollywood movie!
The rapid fire round is surely something that the Superstar is not used to? The one thing Richard likes about India – food, women or culture? The one Indian actress Richard would love to act with? One mainstream Bollywood actor, who according to Richard has Hollywood potential? Pretty Women or Chicago? The most insane rumor Richard has heard about himself? How did he combat Karan’s volley of questions? Was there enough fire in Richard’s answers? Well, wait and watch!
Excerpts from the interview:
Karan: Alright so sexiest man really… my mother goes weak in her knees every time she sees you on television…
Richard: I have this bizarre thing happen… I was making a movie recently and there was a little press conference so that everybody would know what we are doing … and there was this young reporter there … so shy and she came up to me and said, Mr. Gere, “Three generations of women in my family love you…. my grandmother, my mother and me”, … and I started blushing….
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