By:
Bipasha
Basu,
IndiaFM
Monday,
July
23,
2007
I
had
an
interesting
few
days
in
Lisbon.
Made
some
new
friends.
Had
my
bags
go
missing,
endured
some
technical
glitches
on
stage.
But
that's
life.
At
least
I
got
to
share
a
stage
with
two
Oscar
winning
actors:
Hillary
Swank
and
Sir
Ben
Kingsley.
Hillary
was
the
sweetest.
When
the
luggage
snafu
happened,
she
offered
me
an
outfit
for
the
evening.
We
struck
up
quite
a
friendship.
Ben
Kingsley
was
very
complimentary.
Though
being
compared
to
Sophia
Loren
is
a
little
humbling.
Sir
Paul
McCartney
had
said
the
same
six
years
ago.
I
was
overjoyed
when
the
Taj
Mahal
was
included
in
the
Seven
Wonders.
Although
I
was
very
confident
that
it
would
make
the
list,
opening
that
envelope
was
an
immense
thrill.
It's
natural
to
expect
that
most
people
around
the
world
don't
know
much
about
Hindi
movies.
And
I
found
out
how
wrong
I
was.
I
met
Christiano
Ronaldo,
who
had
a
Hindi
song
for
his
cellphone
ring-tone.
He
introduced
me
to
his
mother,
who
is
another
fan
of
Hindi
movies.
You
learn
something
new
every
day.
As
always,
I
came
home
to
another
nasty
surprise
from
the
media.
It's
nice
to
know
that
the
media
circus
is
still
playing.
After
receiving
so
much
praise
and
international
recognition,
from
extremely
talented
people,
a
silly
rumour
should
be
the
least
of
my
problems.
Some
have
even
suggested
that
I
planted
the
story
myself
as
a
publicity
stunt.
Now
that
doesn't
sound
logical
at
all.
I
got
more
attention
from
the
international
media
for
this
event
than
I
could
ever
hope
for.
And
for
all
the
right
reasons.
Why
would
I
want
to
curdle
that
with
something
like
this?