India, Sept. 11 -- Malayalam actor Navya Nair found herself in a soup when the she was fined a sum of AUD 1,980 ( Rs.1.14 lakh) at Melbourne Airport for carrying a jasmine gajra without declaring it to the Australian customs. The actor has now written to the Australian agricultural department, requesting for the fine to be waived off as she didn't do this intentionally.

In an exclusive conversation with HTCity from Singapore, the actor says, "I was kind of shocked. It's a significant penalty. The thing is that I was not carrying flowers in my bag. The flowers were on my hair, so it was nothing hidden but I didn't declare it because I missed it out. They mentioned parts of plants and flowers are included that. The sniffer dogs sniffed it ...