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FHM India is being sued by a Pakistani actress who claims the magazine "morphed" a nude cover shot of her.
Veena Malik has filed a defamation suit against the Indian magazine for the cover photo of her posing nude with the initials of Pakistan's intelligence agency on her arm.
Malik's spokesman, Sohail Rasheed, said yesterday that the actress was seeking 100 million rupees ($1.9 million) in damages from FHM India, which insists the nude cover shoot was genuine and consensual.
"The picture has been morphed," Rasheed said in Islamabad, adding that the magazine had targeted Malik's "credibility and character".
"Veena Malik never indulged in nudity and has no intention to do it in future," he added.
The magazine's December issue only hit newsstands yesterday afternoon, but a weekend preview of the cover on its website triggered a media frenzy.
FHM India editor Kabeer Sharma said that he was mystified by Malik's allegations.
"Maybe she is facing some kind of backlash, so maybe that's why she is denying it.
"We have not photo-shopped or faked the cover. This is what she looks like, she has an amazing body," Sharma said.
In his Twitter feed, Sharma said he would release a series of photos from the shoot proving his version of the story.
While Malik's pose on the cover preserves a scant degree of modesty, any nudity is still very much frowned upon in conservative India - and indeed in Muslim-majority Pakistan.
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