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Rumors have been circulating that those in charge of Cruise's PR had paid Mumbai residents to cheer and act excited for the cameras when the actor arrived in the Indian city last Saturday to promote his new movie, of which Cruise's reps and Paramount Pictures completely deny. The only people who were paid were the "performers" who danced outside the venue and not those who pretended to be fans.
A local paper had reported that 200 or more extras were given and a free lunch to mimic enthusiasm for Tom's arrival in the city. A source close to Cruise said that confusion over payments made to dancers who performed at the event may have given rise to the false reports. The source called the charge of fan-planting "ludicrous" and "insulting" to the actor's Indian devotees, who greeted him for photos at every opportunity.
However, an unnamed "artiste" has gone on record to say that they were told to come here by 1pm today and wait for a foreign VIP to come out of the airport gate and scream and shout when he came. None of us know who Tom is. There was a buffet lunch also for us and we were paid for this job today. We do this for television shows and other such events where crowds are required.
Wizcraft, the company that organized Cruise's trip to the country, allegedly had hired an outside agency to procure the fans to cheer at the airport. Wizcraft denied the claim, with one of the company's directors stating that they were not aware of this. 
Anil Kapoor, an Indian actor who co-stars alongside Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg in the film, released a statement saying, That Tom Cruise coming to his country for 'Mission Impossible' was an incredible event for the people of Mumbai and that he's never seen that level of pure enthusiasm.
Cruise, also was in Dubai, in the midst of a 16-day promotional tour for the movie that has already hit Japan, Korea and India and will take him to Moscow, Germany, Madrid, London and Brazil.


 

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