Apsara a sexual bait

Working Title - Apsara a sexual bait 

Writer Smrit singh

Story based on true event

"I like to get a photograph of the man and look at it to find the man within. Then I look them up in Who's Who and research their interests. If he rides, I ride. If he shoots, I shoot."

Pamella singh chaudhary 

"I went everywhere, did everything, I was a sexual bait or a sexual bribe or a sexual present," 

Pamela singh chaudhary

 Chapter 1 Brief of birth 

Pamella's volatility stemmed from her unhappy family life." She was also vague about her past. "She pulled a curtain down on her past. She would say: 'I want to forget my past.'Pamella Chaudhary belongs to a middle class Jat family from Haryana, the Chaudhurys were very much an army family. The father, Major Mahendra Singh Chaudhury, was a war hero who was killed in the Indo-China war of 1962 when Pamella was two months old. 

After her husband's death, mother Shakuntala was the hostel-in-charge in Government College, Chandigarh. The then Haryana chief minister Bansi Lal's daughter, Saroj Siwach, was studying there and Shakuntala came in contact with Bansi Lal. With his help, she joined the Haryana Civil Service in January 1975. Says a senior Haryana government official: "She was nominated and did not come in through competition."

Pamella was a good student, bright, active and outgoing. She took up riding at school, excelled in athletics and became a house captain. She was into fitness - tennis, swimming, jogging and exercises - but wasn't overly interested in make-up or concerned about her looks.

Chapter 2 Virgin pain 

Pamella was packed off to boarding schools - Lawrence School at Sanawar and, from 1974 to 1979, the exclusive Maharani Gayatri Devi School in Jaipur. Pamella's school friends all agree that she had an unhappy family life and that her mother was something of a terror.

Boys were not allowed to phone Pamella at home. One girl recalls being locked into the house with Pam when her mother went out one evening. Another friend remembers Pamella showing her, on return from a summer break, bruises received from a beating. Pamella, say her friends, would get beaten for not doing what she was told.

She'd be in ecstasy about a little thing like a Camay soap or a shampoo," recalls one school mate. She also had a fixation about the high life. She was in awe of girls who came from wealthy royal families and went out of her way to befriend them.

her trip in life was shortcuts". She would come around before the exams and ask friends to tell her the story of a book they were meant to have studied. "But whatever her methods," the friend adds, "she did well."In Lady Sri Ram College (1979-80) her notes were so useful for examinations that they are still in circulation. 

The most striking thing about her was not her looks - she was somewhat gawky and heavy boned then - but her warm, lively presence and could make friends very fast, She smoked, she wore tight shorts and she loved to be with boys. But she was not known for promiscuity. While still in school, she had a crush on a college boy from St Stephens who was into polo and had plenty of money. She confided to her close chums about kissing him in the stables, 

Chapter 3

Bold or Bullshit

Pamella enjoyed shocking people. She is shouting in the corridor: "Damn. I forgot my pill. Now what's going to happen?" or "I've got to go to Marie Stopes (an abortion clinic)." But  she did it only for effect.One ex-boyfriend remembers a group of them playing cards together in the heat of summer when the power went off. Pamella promptly peeled off her jeans and coolly continued playing in a kurta and panties. Another time, he recalls, after a game of tennis at the YMCA, she took him up to the top floor and whipped off her T-shirt with a flourish. 

she was looking for were the right connections, wild parties and expensive clothes. Bright and confident, she could talk on just about any subject. She was the perfect party girl, pretty, vivacious and popular.By this time she had cut herself off from her family and drifted around for a while, staying with friends and looking for the big break.  the story of Sidney Sheldon's The Other Side of Midnight (about a beautiful, successful and ambitious woman). Pamella's immediate reaction was: "I want to be like that."

Chapter 4

Celluloid girl

She had become convinced that her short cut to money and fame lay in modelling. In mid-1980, she approached Adwave, a Delhi modelling agency owned by television newscaster Komal G.B. Singh. "She looked like any scruffy teenager," recalls Singh, "We were not inspired to photograph her ourselves and asked her to come back with her own pictures." But when Pamella returned weeks later with some pictures, the agency was stunned at how photogenic she was. Pamella the model was on her way.

Her first modelling assignment was for the Bharat Leather Corporation and a string of contracts - Hero Cycles, Oswal, Texla TV - soon followed and her professionalism was soon obvious. Simultaneously, Pamella was making rapid strides up the social ladder - and becoming a familiar face in the capital's cocktail circuit. "She was vivacious, easy on the eye and very, very intelligent. She could talk on any subject," "Once, when a stockbroker had come over, she talked to him about investment banking and shares so knowledgeably that he was convinced she was a financial wizard. "She was a sort of quick-change conversationalist. She could talk knowledgeably about advertisements, acting, films, anything," 

Chapter 5  Dreams come true

The real transformation, however, came in Bombay. She arrived there in 1981. determined to push her modelling career. She haunted magazine offices and cultivated photographers like Pablo Bartholomew and Shantanu Sheorey. Binoy Thomas, editor of Society magazine, says: "She came to me once but she only wanted to be on the cover, no less. She was very determined to get ahead."

Her break came when she won the Miss India title in 1982. organised by Femina magazine. Pamella's transformation from model to Miss India to international jet-setter. Pamella's next stop was Lima, Peru, as the Indian entry for the Miss Universe contest.

After that she landed solid advertising assignments for Boroline, Orkay (until Kittu Gidwani replaced her) and Nescafe. In those days, Pamella Singh, as she was now called, hung out with the unit of Richard Attenborough's Gandhi and was a close friend of Shabnam - a relative of former Union cabinet minister Rao Birendra Singh - who married a member of the Gandhi crew and By then, she was already at the fringe of the high life.

Chapter 6  Godman and magical flight

when she met Chandraswamy through a Nepali diplomat. The controversial godman had influential contacts, including arms dealer Khashoggi, then one of the richest men in the world. Chandraswamy obviously saw the potential in Pamella's power over men. The guru offered her a job as a public relations executive, polished her up and used her to introduce him to the rich and famous all over the US. Among them was Jim Wright, speaker of the House of Representatives, now under a cloud.

Pamella arrived at JFK Airport New York, from where she telephoned the only person she vaguely knew - Bina Ramani, the Sindhi businesswoman and prominent socialite. Ramani had met Pamella during a visit to India in 1982.

Pamella asked if she could stay with Ramani till she found her feet. Chandraswamy asked Wright to help Pamella get a green card so that she could work in the US. Pamella told a friend: "I've got one of the most powerful men in the country to get me my green card. I'll be able to do what I want in America now."But as always, Pamella never let go of her roots. she retained a close friendship with expatriate Indians, mainly men. In their company, she seems to have been a totally different person and most of them speak about her with a great deal of affection. she worked in an advertising agency for a while and lived with an Indian stockbroker before she joined the billionaires club. Recalls Ramani: "she had a special wav with men. Says Ramani: " Her opening line was her weapon. She'd grab attention with her one-liners.

"Says Ramani: "Within few weeks of arriving in New York, she was inviting me to the private jets of oil millionaires ." One of these was the Sultan of Brunei, the richest man in the world, and the other was Saudi billionaire and arms merchant Adnan Khashoggi.

Pamella and Chandraswamy were made for each other. If she was using him, he was using her as well. As Pamella says: "I was ensnared by him because he frightened me. He can tell the future. What the swamy was doing was to make money any way he could. I know he was conning people right left and centre. He made people invest money and then he'd just disappear."

Chapter 7 Homecoming

She returned to Bombay  and her friends found her really changed - into strapless tops and micro-minis, scarlet lipstick and long painted nails. She'd also put on airs, but as her accent kept slipping and her complaints about not being able to take the spicy food proved hollow, close friends, detected that there was still a little girl under that sophisticated exterior. But, says one: "By this time, she was in a different league."

The change in her was truly astonishing. Overnight, she seemed to have been transformed into a sophisticated, street-smart woman of the world, fully aware of her power over men - and quite happy to use it to her 

Pam, as she is called by friends, visited Delhi in 1984 and in 1986. On her last trip, she was the guest of a prominent industrialist and stayed at the Hyatt Regency hotel before shifting to the Taj Man Singh. She was soon a star attraction in Delhi's cocktail circuit. Says a friend from her college days who met her in 1986: "I found her stunning and sexy. She had a whole suite to herself at the Taj. She was out every night and constantly on the phone. She must have been very rich to order Scotch in the room, just like that. Her clothes were very, very expensive. Money talked in every seam."

Pamella's sojourn in the US came to an abrupt end after some of Chandraswamy's deals went sour and they left together for Paris. Pamella told the Daily Mail "He wanted to dominate my mind. He did some strange things. If we were staying in a hotel and I was in my room alone he would ring and say, 'what are you doing and why aren't you wearing Indian clothes?' He knew I was wearing jeans although he hadn't seen me."

Chapter 8 Devil at the crossroads

Pamella's constant and destructive search for bigger and better contacts led her straight to Khashoggi. Again Pamella met Khashoggi when he was visiting the city and was looking for a 'social escort', a polite term for the bevy of beauties he kept at his beck and call. She spent some months on his luxury yacht Nabila and is also known to have stayed in the apartment building he owns in Paris, occupied mainly by wealthy Arabs, including Libyans. But Khashoggi was just one among a host of influential connections.

Pamela allowed to Khashoggi for everything and to be used by him, in return for the kind of money that gave her a life of opulence. Pamella's clients included men of such prominence as Prince Mohammad of Saudi Arabia.  "Khashoggi has all these deals going and he needs a lot of girls for sexual bribes. I was just part of an enormous group." She says

Chapter 9 Hardcore end of first love

All through, Pamella kept up her work for Khashoggi. But that did not stop her from leading the strange double life that became her trademark. A high-priced and immoral call-girl for Khashoggi. And, at the same time, an emotionally insecure young woman in search of the perfect relationship. One such was with Douglas Morden, a once-convicted small-time arms dealer who she fell madly in love with. "We were wonderful together." she recalls. "He was kind and gentle and for the first time. I really enjoyed sex with a man. Before that it had been mechanical - just like exercise." But Morden was not ready to accept her double life and their affair ended violently. Says she in introspection: "I have always attracted men who seem calm and gentle and then became monsters." 

Chapter 10 Intelligence vs Crocodile tears 

Through , Douglas Mordes she met record producer Dominique Bordes whom she married . Bordes claims they married because an uncle was forcing Pamella into an arranged match."She pleaded with Dominique Bordes to marry her to stop him wielding his power over her," says Bordes. "I lead a very simple life and she was definitely not the housewife type. Even  she always had money and nice clothes. At the time I had no idea where she got the cash.

after she dumped Bordes, she meet the high-ranking Libyan, Ahmed Gedda Feddem, who spends more time in Paris than Libya . He is Gadaffi's agent and his life-style, would almost certainly be involved in some kind of intelligence role.

He stays at either the exclusive George V or the Prince de Galles hotel and is Gadaffi's point man for a host of business deals. He handles oil and other sensitive contracts in Europe. But of his relationship with Pamella, little is known. the French intelligence services were asked to investigate. They have reported that no intelligence links existed.The Libyans in Paris don't want to talk about Pamella and Feddem because it could get them into trouble.  

Season 2 

Chapter 1 base to London

Already well in with the international jet set, Pamella shifted base to London in 1984 where her strategy for entering the highest social circles followed a familiar pattern. She first got friendly with high-living Indians, mainly sons of rich businessmen. By now, Pamella's varied circle of high finance friends had given her firsthand knowledge of the world of big business. One close friend remembers her holding forth on the commodity market and quoting rates of Brazilian coffee. She claimed, and obviously knew enough about it, to be dabbling seriously in the stock-market.

Chapter 2 

Once again 

Pamella made the contacts to launch her assault on British society. She had a ready-made entree - her equestrian background.  she spent time shuttling between London and the horse-breeder's country estate. She also made a play for champion jockey Steve Cauthen, the world's richest rider whom she became obsessed with. Says she: "He really is the one man I truly loved. I read up everything about horses and studied pedigrees and went to all the race meetings. But he eluded me. I could not get my hands on him."

Chapter 3 Bounce back and jackpot

In London, Pamella busied herself socialising once again with the wealthy and powerful. Apart from the embarrassed MPs, her liaisons included Prince Paul of Romania, Italian Count Carlo Colombotti and rock superstar Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones. Her method of entering the dizzying London social circuit was simple: she advertised herself in corporate magazines like Boardroom and Harpers & Queen as a gourmet cook for high-tone dinner parties.

It was at one such party in a London night-club last summer that the sultry Indian beauty met Andrew Neil, bachelor editor of The Sunday Times newspaper.He was in a group, arguing passionately about politics," she says, "his companion was a Sri Lankan girl and I thought, 'How interesting'. Sooner or later she'll go to the loo. Then I'll move. " When the Sri Lankan girl left the table, Pamella slid into the chair next to Neil and whispered in his ear: "I find you very attractive."

The reaction was what she had expected.'I think it hit him like a bomb. This beautiful girl coming over and telling him that. He really believes he's ugly. But to me he had the look of power. I was madly attracted to him."

Chapter 4 Ugly troth of ambitious

Neil called a few days later from Colorado where he had gone on a holiday. "Do you remember me? It's Andrew Neil." He then asked her to meet him for lunch on his return and Pamella promptly accepted. "You sound American," she recalls having told Neil. "No, just transatlantic." he replied.

Pamella may not have been in love with Neil, but of all the numerous relationships she had, she obviously valued this the most. This was her ticket to British high society and when she discovered she was pregnant from a former boy-friend, a ballet dancer, she had a quiet abortion one afternoon. That same evening she was celebrating Neil's birthday with him.

Chapter 5 Destructive urge 

 even as she was carrying on with Neil, her self-destructive urge got the better of her. Despite the security that Neil could provide - they had started talking about marriage and having a baby - she slipped off for two secret weekends in Paris. One was with a Brazilian who had been a former lover. The second was to meet Ahmed Gadaffi Al Diam, a cousin of Colonel Gadaffi and a senior Libyan intelligence agent.

But it was also part of her game with Neil. Says Pamella: "I wanted to play a little psychological game with Andrew. It always adds an element of mystery. It's important to have that with men and keep them intrigued and interested."

Chapter 6 Playing one man against another

 It was a mutually advantageous affair. Neil was delighted with her. She was beautiful, had a stunning wardrobe and was a perfect accessory for a high-flying editor who loved the London social scene. But Pamella was also the kind of girl who liked to dominate a relationship. And playing one man against another. All through her relation ship with Neil, she was also regularly seeing his rival Donald Trelford, a married man.

 She realised that Trelford was the ideal foil to Neil. Whereas Neil was socially insecure, Trelford was dapper and confident in any social situation. Pamella quickly weighed up the egos of both men. Neil, she says, was the senior editor, powerful, successful and destined for higher things. But she kept telling Neil how suave and sophisticated Trelford was and how Neil had no taste in clothes and lacked social graces.

Chapter 7 crazy with jealousy

Meanwhile, her parallel friendship with Trelford ("we were never lovers. We just used each other") was leading to almost daily rows and then the Pamella-Neil affair broke as dramatically as it had begun. At Neil'sflatoneday, she activated his answering machine and concluded he had started seeing another woman. In her own words, she "went crazy with jealousy." In a fit of rage, she scrawled four-letter words all over his mirrors, ripped 2,000 worth of his clothing with scissors, twice threw bricks through his windows, made death threats and delivered dog excrement in a package by hand. Finally, Neil had to send her a solicitor's letter warning her to stay away. That coy if corny exchange was to start a tempestuous affair that lasted three months.

Chapter 8 Bignning of the conspiracy

Shortly after breaking up with Neil, Pamella met member of Parliament David Shaw through a mutual friend, Marc Burca, editor of Boardroom magazine. Shaw, having exhausted his quota of three passes to Britain's House of Commons, asked fellow Conservative Party MP Henry Bellingham to provide Pamella a pass so that she could help him research a harmless subject: the publishers net book agreement - a bill to stop bookshops from selling books at a discount.

Said Shaw: "Ms Bordes' research work was thorough and very helpful. She was good." Bellingham, refusing to wilt under opposition party attacks that he had flouted Commons security regulations said the allegations about her were "completely without foundation".

Thereon, the controversy blew into a full-scale sex and security scandal that brought criticism from senior Tory Party ranks, led to calls for a review of the working of MI5. the internal intelligence service, and sparked off a row between the Tory and opposition Labour Party.

Chapter 9 Crucified by the media

A concerned Bellingham told : "This girl is being crucified by the media for no fault of hers. They have not even given her a chance to explain herself. It is very unlikely that she was a high class call girl." He added: "She certainly had very good contacts. She had friends all over the place and, till very recently, she was settling down to a career in business. I think the media have got carried away."

But the Evening Standard came up with a report that finally focused media attention on the security aspect. The newspaper reported that Pamella had 'close social links' with a high ranking officer in Libyan intelligence, Colonel Ahmed Gedda Feddem - a cousin of Muammar Gadaffi - in Paris arid even made trips to Tripoli in a private jet.

Simultaneously, another tabloid revealed that special branch officers were probing bank accounts that were held by Pamella under the names of P. Singh and P. Chaudhury. But there was no confirmation of this fact as the rumours continued. 

Chapter 10 Reveal all

Pamella work in the House of Commons, her escape to Bali, her accident: her journey to Hong Kong for treatment and her final return to England to reveal all - Is Pamella just an insecure, mixed-up girl whose quest for fame and fortune got her involved in a messy sex scandal? Or is she an expensive call girl with no scruples about whom she sleeps with? Do her bedroom sexploits constitute a serious security threat? Or is she just a creature of London's tabloids ever on the lookout for a scandal? The only one who can provide the answer is Pamella herself. And she isn't telling - except for Euro 1 million and the starring role in a film on her torrid life.