Beautiful actresses have many fans everywhere- there is nothing unnatural about it. Specially, Hollywood and Bollywood actresses are like dream girls to millions of people in many countries. Take the case of Indian actress Hema Malini. She is now almost 58 years but she is still considered to be the 'Dream Girl' by many of her fans. If you think that the Indians are only crazy for her then you would be dead wrong. At least, two ministers of two Central Asian countries are crazy for Hema. Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbaev is perhaps the biggest fan of Hema Malini. Uzbekistan's commerce minister is also a great fan of Hema.
Kadyrbek Sarbaev came to India recently and he held meetings with Indian Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh. Now I am quoting DNA India:
"Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh mentioned to the visiting Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbaev how the Kyrgyz epic poem 'Manas' has so much in common with the epic Mahabharata. He also drew attention to the small community of gypsies in the southern region of the republic that traces its origin to India.
Sarbaev then replied that Hindi films are very popular in his country and named 'Awaara', 'Bobby' and 'Seeta Aur Geeta' as all-time favourites.
Ramesh then immediately called up Hema Malini on her phone, who played the twin roles of Seeta and Geeta in that popular film, and asked her to speak to the Kyrgyz minister.
Sarbaev, who was floored, then invited Hema Malini to visit his country as a state guest as she was so popular there."
So, I guess now Indian government can make Hema Malini its trade representative to Central Asia and this way India can increase its trade relationship with at least Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. So, India should make a list of the actresses that are very popular in other countries and send them as trade representatives. Well, at least India can explore its cultural market more in Central Asia.
This story again shows that ministers are like other human beings too. Who is your favorite Bollywood star?
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