30 Most Controversial Photos Of Bollywood Celebs

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Controversies are part of showbiz. Let’s take a look at most controversial photoshoots of Bollywood celebrities like Saif Ali Khan, Rekha, Kangana Ranaut that will leave you shocked!

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Nargis Fakhri is controversy's favourite child. The actress was slammed for her dare-to-bare act for this photoshoot of a magazine. 

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Actress Neetu Chandra became an overnight sensation for her photoshoot with model Krishika Gupta. The photoshoot was criticised by a few right-wing activists, who alleged that the shoot suggested 'lesbianism.' 

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A rare magazine cover of Bollywood’s ex-couple Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh went viral with the tagline 'Most Controversial Story of 91'. The ex-couple met on the sets of a Rahul Rawail film and Saif fell in love with Amrita. 

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Global icon Priyanka Chopra was severely criticised on social media for modelling for Conde Nast Traveller India magazine for wearing a T-shirt that was insensitive to refugees and immigrants. 

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Actress Mandira Bedi raised many eyebrows during the photoshoot for a magazine cover in year 2007. Apparently, Mandira showcasing her Buddhist symbol tattoo on her navel in a bikini shoot became a major controversy. 

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Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi’s Femina magazine photoshoot in 2014 faced flak for promoting unhealthy body types. As part of 'Be unstoppable' campaign Huma was seen holding a mannequin in her hand. 

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Pakistani Actress Veena Malik posed for two covers with a controversial tattoo mocking Pakistani intelligence agencies. Malik completely denied ever shooting for the magazine. 

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Supermodels of 90s Milind Soman and Madhu Sapre made headlines for an indecent ad photo shoot. The models were shown wearing nothing but a python covering their modesty. 

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Bollywood's stunning divas Bipasha Basu and Ameesha Patel were in news when they together posed for a magazine cover. 

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A major controversy erupted when the world’s most beautiful woman Aishwarya Rai Bachchan featured on the cover of Elle magazine in year 2010.The actress felt disgusted after she realised that her skin tone was made lighter on the magazine cover. 

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Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt became the talk of the town and was slammed by fans after the he shot for a magazine cover which showed him sharing a lip-lock with his daughter Pooja Bhatt. Many religious organisations protested against this. But Pooja Bhatt gained popularity from this photoshoot. 

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Bollywood’s evergreen diva Rekha, who featured topless for Film Mirror magazine's January '78 issue, became a queen of controversy. Rekha shed all her inhibitions when she posed naked for the magazine. It was a very bold move from a mainstream actress in those times. 

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Actress Mamta Kulkarni was dragged into controversy when she took a bold step of posing topless on a magazine cover. She was actually arrested, charged and slapped with a fine of Rs 15,000 about seven years later. 

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Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore became India’s first leading actress to wear a two-piece bikini for a magazine during the early years of her career. 

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Bollywood’s King of Romance Shah Rukh Khan made fun of pregnant women by featuring with a baby bump on a magazine cover in 1998. 

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In year 1984, this photoshoot for a magazine featuring Jackie Shroff and Zeenat Aman became controversial when they shared a passionate lip-lock. 

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‘Dirty Picture’ actress Vidya Balan went bold on the cover of FHM magazine. 

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Bollywood's most-loved villain Shakti Kapoor was slammed when he decided to shed his inhibitions for a bold photo shoot. 

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Actress Minissha Lamba, who wore a bikini for Bollywood film 'Kidnap,' posed topless during a photoshoot for a magazine cover. 

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Kangana Ranaut dared to bare while posing topless for the cover of Stardust magazine. 

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Bollywood’s ageless diva Rekha created quite a stir when she posed with actress Kajol during a bold photoshoot. 

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Sunny Leone turned up the heat in bold photo shoot for FHM magazine. 

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Bollywood's kissing queen Mallika Sherawat made headlines in 2011 when she wore nothing but a necklace to cover her torso during a photoshoot. 

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Czech model and actress Yana Gupta, who became popular with her item song 'Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo' song, bared it all for FHM magazine. 

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The topless picture of Bollywood actress Kajal Aggarwal, which appeared on the cover of a men's magazine stirred up quite a controversy. The actress claimed that the magazine had morphed her picture. 

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Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh flirts with a lingerie clad model during a photoshoot for GQ magazine. 

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Bollywood actress Asin Thottumkal was slammed for her bold avatar on the cover of a magazine. 

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Here’s a weird photoshoot of Bollywood stars Karisma Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna, which was shot during the late 90s. 

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Fashion brand Jack and Jones faced the ire of consumers on social media for this sexist ad featuring actor Ranveer Singh. The actor was also slammed and asked to apologise for it. 

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