Preeti Shocks - For Free
By:
Upala
KBR,
Mid-Day
Thursday,
November
23,
2006
Preeti
Jain
has
acted
in
an
AIDS
film,
titled
Shock
-
For
Free.
The
actress,
who
was
in
the
news
for
having
filed
a
rape
case
against
director
Madhur
Bhandarkar
and
then
allegedly
hired
a
contract
killer
to
murder
Bhandarkar,
has
turned
a
social
activist.
She's
been
giving
fiery
speeches
for
the
emancipation
of
women.
What's
Shock
about?
It's
a
five-minute
film
to
create
awareness
about
AIDS.
Producer-director
Hashim
Khan
Varsi
approached
me
asking
if
I
would
be
interested
in
doing
something
constructive
for
the
society
and
I
agreed.
We
have
to
combat
AIDS
together
and
awareness
and
prevention
are
the
first
steps.
The
story
is
about
a
man
(Hemant
Pandey)
taking
shelter
from
the
rain
in
a
room
where
he
finds
me
bitterly
crying.
He
takes
advantage
of
me
sexually
and
later
asks
me
why
I
was
crying.
I
reply
that
it
was
because
I
have
AIDS.
When
did
you
turn
into
a
social
activist?
I
have
always
harboured
the
ambition
that
if
I
become
famous
I
should
do
something
good
for
society.
That's
our
duty,
to
give
back
to
society
what
it
has
given
us.
I
do
plenty
of
social
work
for
free.
I
am
a
staunch
feminist
who
believes
in
the
rights
of
women.
I
have
been
invited
by
lot
of
women's
organisations
and
have
given
speeches
against
sexual
and
domestic
violence
against
women.
What's
happening
on
the
personal
front?
On
my
birthday
on
March
9
last
year,
I
decided
to
gift
myself
a
one-bedroom
flat
in
Versova.
My
father
and
I
live
there.
I
don't
have
a
boyfriend.
Right
now,
my
career
is
more
important
than
a
man.
Have
you
forgiven
and
forgotten
about
Madhur
Bhandarkar?
It's
not
a
question
of
forgetting
or
forgiving.
Justice
means
punishing
somebody
for
doing
something
wrong
and
that
means
going
to
the
police.
If
a
girl
from
a
conservative
society
goes
to
the
police,
obviously
something
phenomenally
wrong
has
happened.
One
day
the
truth
will
come
out.
I
don't
know
what's
happening
to
the
case.
Court
cases
take
time.
And
what
about
the
professional
front?
Apart
from
doing
Deepa
Ki
Tarannum
(a
film
inspired
by
bar
dancer
Tarannum
Shaikh's
life),
I
am
also
doing
a
Bhojpuri
film
called
Nirahua
Datal
Rahe
with
Dinesh
Lal
Yadav.