Gulshan Grover's Tibetan connection

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript" src="Config?Configid=43376741"></script><br /><img align="left" src="/photo/26982.cms" alt="/photo/26982.cms" border="0" />Bollywood “bad man� Gulshan Grover is being a “good boy� these days. After all, his latest international project -- after <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Jungle Book</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Rose And Margueritte</span> -- has taken him towards the Tibetan cause.In the film We Are Not Monks, Gulshan stars as an Indian police officer in charge of McLeodganj, where the Dalai Lama and Tibetans in exile reside.<br /><br />While he plays a tough cop -- Inspector Shamsheer Singh -- in the film, Gulshan is ‘‘concerned about the trend of the youth getting involved with drugs’’ and wants to ‘‘go all out to tackle the problem.’’<br /><br />The film, which has been made by a team of film school graduates (Pema Dhondup, Pierre Pasler, Rajeev Ahuja and Kimberley Dukes) from across the world, along with artistes from the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, has already travelled to many international film festivals. The makers of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">We Are Not Monks</span> aim to show ‘‘a world of the younger generation of exiled Tibetans sharply different from that usually perceived by the West.’’<br /><br />Gulshan, on his part, ‘‘has not charged a single rupee’’ for his work in the movie. And the man has his reasons for taking up this project: ‘‘I am not a politician or a political activist. I am an entertainer and, for me, a film and its maker come first. I found <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">We Are Not Monks </span>to be a very contemporary script -- the film deals more with the problem of exiled Tibetan youth. Also, the team involved in making the film is well-trained and includes talented people from around the world.’’<br /><br />With his latest release <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Jajantaram Mamantaram</span> doing brisk business at the box-office, the actor in Gulshan is on a professional high. And, of course, with <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">We Are Not Monks</span> -- an international project close to his heart -- under his belt, all the world’s a stage for Gulshan Grover’s happiness!</div> </div>