Bollywood’s A-List Condemn Mumbai Attacks

In times of crisis, we always look up to the one life force that appears nearly indestructible for reassurance: celebrities. And the Indian subcontinent is no different. Though the dust continuing to settle in Mumbai, tempers are still flaring. Civilians and pundits alike are pointing fingers, and some politicians are actually shouldering some of the blame. But there's a modicum of solidarity offered from Bollywood royalty, whose reactions run the gamut from incendiary to introspective. For example, future Johnny Depp co-star Amitabh Bachchan blogged about how he slept with a licensed .32 revolver under his pillow.

Similarly eschewing mainstream media was erstwhile Oscar contender Aamir Khan, who opted to blog about the demented pathology of the terrorists and the valor of the Mumbai Police Department. But the tersest reaction came from Shilpa Shetty, who not too long ago earned burning effigies for publicly snogging Richard Gere at a charity event. Her words summed up what everyone around the world was thinking: “[This is] an open war against humanity.”