GANDHI FIGHTS THE BUS PIRATE

While riding the bus from Pune to Mumbai, Indian actor Dilip Prabhavalkar (who plays Gandhi in the huge Sanjay Dutt comedy hit, LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI, currently in theaters) was shocked to see that the in-bus entertainment was a screening of LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI. It was a pirated disc!

Leaping into action he dialed the film's director on his cell phone, the director called the United Copyright Protection Association, and at King's Circle, Mumbai, the bus was raided by a squad of cops, pirated copies were seized, arrests were made, and suspects were taken into custody.

What's most astonishing to me about this story was that Dilip Prabhavalkar was riding a bus in the first place. That puts Nic Cage to shame.

(Thanks to Al for the heads up on this one)