Director rapes Actress in Mumbai

A film director was arrested today in suburban Versova after he allegedly raped a girl whom he had promised a role in a film, police said.

"The director Ramkumar Kumawat has directed some small budget films and the victim, who is about 24-year-old, had gone to audition for a role in his film some time back," a senior police official from the Versova police station said.

After the audition Kumawat met her and promised to give her some work in his films, the official said.

About three days ago after getting no response from the director, the victim had called Kumawat again and he told her to come to his office in Versova, police officials said.

"When she went to his office, Kumawat allegedly raped her and told her not to tell anyone about the incident. However, the victim registered a case against him yesterday night following which he was arrested," they said.

Spiderman 3 Actress commits suicide

British actress Lucy Gordon, who portrayed reporter Jennifer Dugan in Spiderman 3, has committed suicide in her Paris apartment, reports said on Thursday.

Gordon took her own life on Wednesday, just two days before her 29th birthday. No other details were provided.

Since her debut in the 2001 movie Perfume, Gordon appeared in about a dozen films, including French director Cedric Klapisch's The Russian Dolls, American filmmaker John Krasinski's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and Spiderman 3.

She had just finished making a bio-pic about the late French singer Serge Gainsbourg in which she portrayed Gainsbourg's ex-companion Jane Birkin. The film is due to be released next year.