Pooja Bhatt – Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt - “If Pooja wasn't my daughter, I'd love to marry her.”
Shah Rukh Khan – Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan had once remarked that she would have slapped Shah rukh if he had made any infamous statement about his ideal daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in her presence. This pot boiling statement came after she was asked to comment on the Shahrukh and Salman fight and how did she feel when it was rumored that Shahrukh had mentioned her daughter-in-law Aishwarya's name during the brawl.
Twinkle Khanna
Actress Twinkle Khanna gave a shocking statement on women's vagina at an event. She said, "I go to this hospital and my doctor is on this romantic holiday with his wife and children. So, I called him and said, "You know doctor, I'm like dying and something's happening to me and he was very worried and was calling me again and again. By then I was fine, but he still kept on calling me and didn't stop. Finally, I said, 'Doctor, please focus on the vagina next to you and forget about mine'."
Salman Khan – Hrithik Roshan
"Arre, koi kutta bhi nahin gaya (Even dogs didn't watch it)". This comment by Salman Khan on the film Guzaarish was a big shocker to Hrithik Roshan and filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Bipasha Basu – John Abraham
During an interview, when actress Bipasha Basu was quizzed about John Abraham, the former replied, "Who? I don't know that person."
Deepika Padukone – Anushka Sharma
We had heard a lot of catfights between actresses Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma. But, clearing all the confusions, Anushka made a few controversial comments during an interview. "A friend of Deepika had called up to say that she is doing Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwani and not Anushka. My 'friends' don't call, do they? I am I am Kashyap's and Hirani's choice. She is Ayan's and whosoever's. I never pull anybody down. That makes me nice, right?" This statement by Ms Sharma was a clear dig at Deepika.
Deepika Padukone – Katrina Kaif
During Karan Johar's chat show Koffee With Karan, actress Deepika Padukone had said that she would like to see Katrina Kaif's passport, apparently not only to decipher her age (like most people thought) but to scope for immigration stamps to confirm that she had traveled to the US to meet Ranbir when he was shooting there for Anjaana Anjaani.
Deepika Padukone – Ranbir Kapoor
During Karan Johar's chat show Koffee With Karan, actress Deepika Padukone had said that she wished to gift a pack of condoms to her ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. This bold statement created extreme stir in Bollywood.
Jaya Bachchan
An off-handed remark by Jaya Bachchan, "We are from Uttar Pradesh and should speak in Hindi" had created a controversy with the Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) launching a scathing attack on her.
Kareena Kapoor – Aishwarya Rai
A while ago, actress Kareena Kapoor took a dig at Aishwarya Rai Bachchan by stating, "It is very unfair to compare us, we're from two different generations." This created a controversy as many felt that Bebo might have termed Ash 'old.'
Kareena Kapoor – Priyanka Chopra
During an interview, when Kareena said that her film would be better than Priyanka Chopra's Fashion, PC smartly retaliated by saying 'sour grapes'. "Well I guess if you don't have one (National Award) then, it's just sour grapes, you know. What do I say?," PC said.
Katrina Kaif – Rahul Gandhi
During an interview, actress Katrina Kaif had said, "Am I supposed to be ashamed that I am half-Asian, I mean, no! Rahul Gandhi is half-Indian, half-Italian. So? I am very proud of what I am and I just don't understand the confusion as if I'm trying to hide the fact that my mother's a British. Why would I?" This statement fell hard on the congress party and the spokesman Manish Tewari later reacted, "Who is she? I do not know. Tomorrow, you will ask for our reaction on the statement of Johny Lever. To what level you want to bring down the level of the political discourse in the country?"
Priyanka Chopra – Karan Johar
During a recent rumoured cold war between Karan Johar and Priyanka Chopra, the former lashed out at the actress on Twitter. KJo wrote on Twitter, "Using their hired PR machinery and hiding behind so called "friends" to get news into tabloids is nothing but spineless and lame." KJo targeted PC after some of the actress' friends had disclosed to the tabloid that a powerful producer-director who can make or break careers, has not been kind to Priyanka behind her back.
Priyanka Chopra – Ashutosh Gowarikar
During a speech at the IIFA, filmmaker Ashutosh Gowarikar said, "Priyanka I love you, but I don't know how you got the award for Best Actress when Aishwarya was also nominated in the same category for Jodhaa Akbar." This was a sheer insult to Priyanka Chopra, who won several awards and appreciations for her role in the film Fashion.
Rani Mukherji – Aishwarya Rai
Rani Mukherjee once took a dig at Aishwarya Rai by stating, "We, Indian women, get too carried away with our personal lives with rearing our children. We feel that we are the only mothers on the planet." Rani Mukherjee further added, "And, we believe we have to leave everything to bring up our children. Actresses need to pull up their socks and keep looking great and working out... and keep looking younger than what we are."
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan landed up in controversy after he joked that he will be working with Hollywood actress Natalie Portman in a movie. Reportedly, Saif's joke had irked Portman's representative and they had later slapped a legal notice seeking an explanation for the joke. But later, Saif appologised.
Shah Rukh Khan – Aamir Khan
It was a clear humiliation to superstar Shah rukh Khan after Aamir Khan named his dog as 'Shahrukh.' "Shahrukh is licking my feet and I am feeding him biscuits every now and then. What more can I ask for? Now, before you jump in to any conclusions let me add that Shahrukh is the name of our dog," Aamir had said. Shah Rukh Khan - I always wanted to be a po*n star. I am going to work very hard, positively, with clarity to be a po*n star. I will take my flag and put it up in America as the biggest po*n star of the world,”
Sonam Kapoor – Aishwarya Rai
Actress Sonam Kapoor took a dig at Aishwarya by calling her aunty. It all began when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan refused to walk the red carpet for Cannes with Sonam Kapoor in tow. Both are brand ambassadors of L'Oreal, the FMCG they were representing. Later Sonam Kapoor said that Aishwarya Rai had worked in films with her father Anil Kapoor. Hence, she is supposed to call Aishwarya 'aunty.'
Sonam Kapoor – Katrina Kaif
In an interview with film journalist Anupama Chopra in Cannes, Sonam Kapoor said she'd like to "give Katrina a bouquet". When asked the reason behind it, she said, "I don't know how she does it. You need a certain kind of commitment and a certain kind of shamelessness to do certain things."
Sonam Kapoor – Shobha De
Sonam Kapoor once tweeted, "Guys pls don't take Shobhaa De seriously. She's a fossil who's getting no action and going through menopause. So just for her...(sic)."
Nargis Fakhri – On Superheroes P***s
“Anyone. Doesn’t matter. Are they going to date me or save me? Whoever has the bigger p***s maybe.” She also spoke about the most appealing part of her body saying, "The most appealing feature in my body is my butt! My boobs are nice as well. I have a good body. I work out to keep it that way.”
Bollywood is one strange place to be. While on one hand, we have the starry world that everyone is obsessed with, on the other hand, we have the dirty linens that come out in public. Not to forget the slip-of-tongue that happens with stars often, to embarrass both them, and us.
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Here’s a look at few such instances when our stars lost control of their sense of speech, and gave controversial statements.
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