Veena Malik denies claims made by Umair Zafar

Zafar had claimed that Vishal Saxena told him to be prepared for a big 'dhamaka' a few days before the cover was...

KARACHI: Actor and model Veena Malik has denied the claims made by Mumbai-based fashion designer and stylist Umair Zafar.

Malik’s PR Manager Sohail Rashid says she is “shocked” and claims that she does not know any man named Umair Zafar.

“Besides, there was no reason for her to make such publicity stunts, as she is a well known and famous personality herself. She has under her belt as many as six Bollywood projects in the pipeline, why would she need publicity?”

On the ongoing controversy regarding a ‘topless’ and a ‘nude’ shoot, Rashid says that the actor did a topless shoot.

“Let me explain, she had covered herself with her arms. It was not a nude shoot, as being claimed. In India, we need to live up to international standards, hence this bold shoot was done by her.”

Rashid says that only a court of law will handle the case and adds that “now the legal battle will ensue from our front.”

Editor FHM India Kabeer Sharma, while talking to The Express Tribune, refrained from commenting but said, “Whatever evidence we have we will furnish it in the court of law. Whatever thread of evidence she has she should support it with, one email, one text, one document, whatever.”

Sharma added that Malik’s “ever-changing stance (over this issue) must discontinue.”

Umair Zafar who has done several shoots with photographer Vishal Saxena had earlier said, “A few days before the FHM cover was out, photographer Vishal Saxena told me to be prepared for a big dhamaka. Veena Malik did the shoot topless with her hands covering the upper part of her body. She was wearing bikini lowers, which was later on morphed and removed electronically by photographer Vishal Saxena. All this was predecided and agreed upon by all concerned parties.”