Were Indian Tom Cruise fans paid extras?

Screaming fans that turned out in their hundreds to welcome Tom Cruise to Mumbai were actually paid extras who had worked in Bollywood, according to reports.

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Cruise was in India to promote new film 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' and was greeted by around 200 enthusiastic fans at Mumbai airport on Saturday 4 December.

However Bollywood news site First Post claims that at least some of them were paid extras, with one telling them: "I don't know who he is or what he does. We 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."

Another apparent extra said: "None of us know who Tom is. There was a buffet lunch also for us and we were paid Rs 150 (£1.87) for this job today. We do this for television shows and other such events where crowds are required."

Apparently a buffet lunch was also supplied.

'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' is released 26 December.