When ’embarrassed’ Lilette Dubey had to ask Richard Gere to take photographs of her with fans: ‘People didn’t recognise him’

Lillete recalled that when they reached the market, people recogned her started walking up to her for photos, and in the middle of all this, Richard helpfully took photos for them. “They said ‘Sir, aap le lenge?’ He said, ‘Yeah, of course’. And I was so embarrassed. I said, ‘Nahi aap jaante nahi yeh kaun hain (You don’t know who he is)’. So they said, ‘Kaun hain yeh? (Who is he?)’ I said ‘Bahut bade Hollywood ke star hain (He is a big Hollywood star).’ ‘Acha Sir aapke sath bhi lenge baad mein. Aap ek Madam ke sath pehle le lijiye (Sir, we’ll take one with you later. You please click us with Madam).”

She shared that after a while, Richard got a little “naughty” and started asking passers-by if they wanted a photo with her, and kept repeating to them, “She’s a really famous star.” Lillete said that he was “really cute” and “unaffected” by whatever was happening around him. “Finally, we went to a very big shop where they recognised him but he was totally cool. Not just him, but even other big stars abroad, they are very casual. They don’t like all the paraphernalia,” she shared.

Richard Gere recently participated in the 9th International Yoga Day celebrations at United Nations Headquarters in New York led by PM Narendra Modi.