Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty has been detained and interrogated at an Indian airport over her on-stage embrace with actor Richard Gere earlier this year.The actress was held at an Mumbai airport by immigration officials who were apparently unaware public indecency charges over "the kiss" had been lifted.

The 32-year-old was grilled for several hours before being allowed to join the dance troupe performing with her at a Miss Bollywood show."I can understand something like this if I’d committed a criminal offence," Shetty said."But what was my offence, when I’m just an actor, going to perform a musical on foreign land."

An India court banned 58-year-old Gere from entering the country and put a hold on Shetty travelling earlier this year.

This was later overturned but authorities claim they had no record of the order on their computer systems, her spokesperson Dale Bhagwagar said."The immigration authorities at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport just seemed to refuse to take note of this clearance of Shilpa's name by the Supreme Court," Bhagwagar said.

"She called me in the middle of the night and was in tears."

The Celebrity Big Brother star sparked mayhem in April when Gere kissed her on the cheek and hugged her at an AIDS-awareness event in New Delhi.

Hindus claimed the stage smooch violated their anti-obscenity laws.

Shetty is reportedly planning to take action against the immigration officials.

From:MSN