‘Pretty Woman’ in temple upset

Villagers in India have accused the Hollywood superstar, Julia Roberts, of interrupting one of their most important religious festivals.
They say that her huge film set in the town of Pataudi near Delhi has prevented them from celebrating the Navratri religious festival.
The Pretty Woman star used the Hari Mandir temple to shoot scenes of her new film, Eat, Pray, Love.
So far neither Ms Roberts has not commented on the claims.
A spokeswoman for Sony Pictures Entertainment, which owns the production company making the film, told the BBC they did not want to comment on the allegations.
‘Presidential’
Local accuse her of using the temple during the festival of Navratri, marked by Hindus through nine days of worship of the Goddess Durga.
The Hollywood star is reportedly being protected by scores of security personnel, and is using a bullet proof car and a helicopter while she makes her film.
Local police say that they are under strict orders to stop devotees from entering the temple while filming is under way because of security considerations.
The restrictions come at a sensitive time because September is one of the holiest months in the Hindu calendar.
One worshipper said: “It’s the holiest time of the year and we are being stopped from visiting our own temple. It’s outrageous.”
Correspondents say that the size of the star’s security operation has raised eyebrows in India – some newspapers have described it as “presidential”.
Up until now, the star of Erin Brockovich and Notting Hill has been seen as one of the West’s most “Hindu-friendly” actors, even sporting a bindi spot during a visit to the Taj Mahal earlier this year.
In Eat, Pray, Love, Ms Roberts plays a woman hoping to find herself in Hindu spirituality after experiencing a traumatic divorce.
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Courtesy of news.bbc.co.uk