Priyanka Chopra
Thanks to this cover picture of Priyanka Chopra on MAXIM magazine, people started talking about her 'Photo-shopped' underarms. She was blamed for lightening the color of her armpits and smoothening away the lines, thereby creating a complex amongst Indian females with regards to their skin tone and texture. This lead to a big controversy.
Mamta Kulkarni
In 1993, Mamta Kulkarni grabbed insane amount of attention by posing topless for Stardust magazine cover.
Mandira Bedi
Manderi Bedi showed off her hot-bod in this April 2007 edition of MAXIM magazine. What went wrong here was the Ek Onkar tattoo on her nape that angered the Sikh community.
Pooja Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt kissing
This 1994 Stardust cover featuring Pooja Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt is at the top of the most controversial magazine covers of all times. It portrayed a father and a daughter indulging in a lip-kiss and of course, it did not go down well with the audience.
Sharmila Tagore
In 1966, Sharmila Tagore led to a nationwide debate by posing in a bikini for a magazine cover. Literally, even parliament had a discussion over her bikini-clad body.
Veena Malik
Veena Malik has always been the controversy's favourite child and this cover of FHM too called for a lot of controversy for the diva. She posed nude with ISI written on her arms and that was it. People criticised her to the core for her act.
Pooja Bhatt
Pooja Bhatt is amongst the boldest actresses Bollywood has ever witnessed. In 1993 she posed for a magazine cover with her body painted and made it to the headlines instantly.
Kajol and Rekha
Kajol and Rekha became a sensation when they shared the same sweater and went topless while posing for CineBlitz magazine cover in 1996.
Rekha
Rekha has always been in the news for her sensational personal life and all hell broke loose when she posed nude for this magazine cover.
Aamir Khan
The September 2005 issue of Stardust Magazine cover paved way for the biggest controversy Aamir Khan has ever embroiled in. It carried the narration of Aamir abandoning his alleged love child and soon the entire town was gossiping about it.
Well, our Bollywood stars don’t only attract attention with the films they do, but many of their acts too get them a lot of mileage. This includes the advertisements they feature in and the magazine covers they pose for. Talking about latter, magazine covers are something that Bollywood stars are obsessed with. They love to pose for the covers in their most glamorous avatars, but at times, they call for a trouble too with the same.
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We bring to you the list of such magazine covers featuring Bollywood stars that led to a big controversy.
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