Deepika Padukone’s saffron bikini to Jacqueline’s intimate pics-Top biggest Bollywood controversies

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Dec 31, 2022: Controversies and Bollywood go hand-in-hand. And 2022 was rather full of them as some or other controversy kept striking the entertainment industry, keeping it in the news throughout the year. Bollywood celebrities are known to get involved in some controversy or another and as mentioned above, this year was no different. As 2022 is coming to an end, we thought of going down memory lane and walking through some of the most talked about controversies of the year.

Boycott Laal Singh Chaddha controversy

Aamir Khan was returning to the big screen after a gap of four years with his much-awaited film ’Laal Singh Chaddha’. However, just when lead actors - Aamir and Kareena Kapoor Khan dropped the first trailer of the film, netizens began the Boycott trend against ’Laal Singh Chadda’ and asked people to completely shun the movie and not watch it in theatres. At first, it looked harmless, just a group of trolls creating some hysteria around the film, however, when the film was declared a box office flop, people realised the seriousness.

 

Some Twitter users went through the archives and dug up Aamir’s controversial ’India’s growing intolerance’ statement and circulated it on the micro-blogging site. Some of Kareena’s controversial statements from the past in the wake of B-Town favouring nepotism over talent and not being kind to outsiders also surfaced online. While both actors repeatedly appealed their fans and people to watch the film, their requests fell flat and the film turned out to be disaster at the Box Office.

The Kashmir Files vs IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid

The Kashmir Files was screened at the Internation Film Festival of India which was held in Goa last month. However, things turned ugly at the closing ceremony of IFFI, when the head of Jury Nadav Lapid addressed the audience and called the film ’propaganda, vulgar’. He stated, "All of us were disturbed and shocked by the 15th film, ’The Kashmir Files’. That felt like a propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival. I feel totally comfortable openly sharing these feelings here with you at this stage. In the spirit of this festival, we can surely also accept a critical discussion, which is essential for art and life," said Nadav at the festival’s closing ceremony.

 

 

Post his statement on ’The Kashmir Files, Lapid was slammed by several celebrities including film director Vivek Agnihotri, who challenged the former to prove how the film is factually wrong. He said, "I challenge all these urban Naxals and the legendary filmmaker who came from Israel that if they can prove any single shot, event or dialogue is not completely true, then I will quit filmmaking. Who are these people who stand up against India every time?" As the controversy grew, some people came in support of Lapid, while others accused him of being insensitive towards the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits.

Ranveer Singh’s nude photoshoot

Ranveer Singh, who often steals the spotlight with his flashy fashion sense and clothing style, got enmeshed in a controversy earlier this year after he posed nude for a magazine photoshoot earlier this year.

 

An FIR was filed and the actor was booked for obscenity for sharing his nude pictures from a magazine shoot. In his statement to the police, the actor stated that one of the photos from the shoot was tampered with and morphed, and the image where his private parts were visible did not belong to him. Ranveer faced severe backlash from netizens after he shared his nude photoshoot Internet witnessed a barrage of reaction including hilarious memes. In fact, an office-bearer of an NGO had also approached the police against the actor saying that he hurt the sentiments of women.

Jacqueline Fernandez-Sukesh Chandrasekhar link-up

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez hit the headlines after several intimate photos of her and conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar surfaced online and went viral in January this year. The alleged couple was captured sharing a mushy moment in the photo, that defined their bond with each other. Reportedly, conman Sukesh had also released a handwritten letter to express his displeasure over the viral photos and confirmed that he was in a relationship with the actress. Throughout the year, Jacqueline was summoned several times by the Enforcement Director in connection with her involvement in Sukesh Chandrasekhar money laundering case.

As per the ED, she consciously overlooked Sukesh’s criminal past due to lure of money and continued to indulge in financial transactions with him. In December, the actress had also sought permission to travel to Bahrain to meet her mother, but withdrew her plea after she was told by the court that the case is at crucial stage. Besides, Sukesh Chandrasekhar had also reportedly gifted some expensive items including a car to actress-dancer Nora Fatehi, leading to her being dragged in the case. Nora recently filed a defamation case against Jacqueline. Her plea said, "Fernandez made defamatory imputations due to ’malicious reasons’ with an intent to ’destroy her career and to further her own interests". The plea also sought to make several media houses respondents in this case, claiming that they criminally sought to reproduce the defamatory statements made by the accused.

Hawala money used for Liger funding?

Enforcement Directorate grilled actor Vijay Deverakonda for more than nine hours in connection with the money laundering case registered after a complaint was filed with the central agency stating that hawala money was invested in the movie ’Liger’ by a top Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader.

According to sources, Vijay was questioned in a case related to an alleged FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999) violation. Earlier on November 17, ED questioned ’Liger’ producer Charmme Kaur over an alleged FEMA violation. The film starring Vijay Deverakonda, Ananaya Panday, Ramya Krishnan and Ronit Roy was made on a budget of Rs 120 crore, but failed to mint money at the Box Office. As per reports, the film failed to collect even Rs 30 per cent of its investment. Vijay was seen as an MMA fighter in the film which also has an extended cameo by legendary boxer Mike Tyson.

Saffron bikini row in Pathaan

While the entire country waits rather impatiently for Shah Rukh Khan’s ’Pathaan’ to air, the film has started making headlines even before its release. The first song ’Besharam Rang’ featuring Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh showcasing their electric chemistry on a beautiful coast of Spain, faced severe backlash a section, for an orange bikini Deepika donned in one of the sequences. Some of the critics took the song lyrics - Besharam (shameless) rang (colour) quite literally and assumed that it was an insult to Hinduism.

Several outfits and their leaders also strongly objected to Deepika’s orange bikini and Shah Rukh’s green shirt and expressed their displeasure saying their sentiments have been hurt. They have demanded immediate change to the song lyrics and scenes featuring the actress in the orange bikini. Meanwhile, the movie is all set to arrive in cinemas on January 25, 2022.

Courtesy: Zee News