top Bollywood film critic has dismissed reports that Tania Zaetta's career will be affected by claims she had sex with soldiers in Afghanistan.
Host of Now Showing on CNN-IBN television Rajeev Masand said news the Zaetta scandal was reported "inconsequently" in India and drew little attention to the actress.
"You can't really call her a Bollywood actress. She's done small parts in three films but it's not enough to call it a career," he said.
"It's a very small piece of news that sort of went unnoticed because very few people know who Tania Zaetta is."
Mr Masand said there were few roles for white actors in the Indian industry and what might affect Zaetta's chances of getting roles was her absence from Bombay.
"Let's be honest, even without this case it's not like she was getting a lot of work," he said.
"Except that if she's not physically here because of the investigation, then she might lose some opportunities, but that's the only thing that will affect her."
The entertainment editor rejected claims by Zaetta's agent Max Markson that the scandal could cost the actress $1 million.
"That's rubbish," Mr Masand said. "I don't think it would get her more roles because I don't think we have the right roles for white people."
"There are exotic parts, they're usually small walk-on cameos or item songs."
"It's not the scandal that we're completely unfamiliar with, it's just the person we are unfamiliar with."
Parallels that were being drawn between Shilpa Shetty — an Indian actress who shot to fame after winning UK's Big Brother — and Zaetta were not accurate, Mr Masand said.
"The difference is Shilpa Shetty, we know already, she's been a mainstream actor in India and Indians around the world recognise her," he said.
Zaetta's latest Bollywood role in Mr White Mr Black went "unnoticed" because it was in an "absolute washout of a film that nobody saw", according to Masand.
The editor of Filmfare magazine, which hosts Bollywood's top movie awards refused to comment on Zaetta's career saying "Tania isn't really on any global map as far as acting is concerned".
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