Bollywood celebrities often make a statement that is off the charts and needs a lot of guts. Whenever anything like this happens, the entire fandom goes off the rails in order to awe over the statement. However, some of them rear their claws and fangs to jeer off the star for making such a non-idealistic statement. It can be literally anything when it comes to brazen statements. Anything that defies the social convention, be it nepotism or be it anything petty can make social media go crazy.
From celebrity rivalries to exes’ feuds, here are some of the bold and rough statements by Bollywood celebrities that got everybody talking and gave way to sparks all over the internet.
1. Rani Mukherjee
In the 2000s, Rani Mukherjee found herself featuring in the catalog of highest-paid actresses. The Indian film actress has been ennobled with several honors. It includes the likes of Filmfare awards for her resonating roles in Bollywood. However, her statement that blew everybody’s mind was, “I am happy my husband is not like Karan Johar.”
2. Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone is one of the most amazing and gorgeous actresses of Bollywood. She is also deemed as one of the richest actresses on the Bollywood roster. Her endorsements include a sum of more than 20 brands and she has a whopping net worth of Rs 103 crores. However, she once made several heads turn with a candid statement about Ranbir Kapoor. In the show, Koffee With Karan, she said, “I’d like to gift a pack of c0nd0ms to Ranbir because he uses them too much.”
3. Kangana Ranaut
As we all know, Kangana Ranaut is the queen of controversies in Bollywood. However, she was a charming personality who gave the audience one hit after the other, in those days when she excelled in movies. Her take on the relationship was extremely stunning that sent heads spinning. Once she said, “Every time a relationship doesn’t start on a note that there is clarity of things. Maybe time pass for my age or stage is a lighter term.” She continued, “But I would like to date and I am open to time pass romances.”
4. Neha Dhupia
Neha Dhupia has done many movies in various languages. Her works extend from Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi, Malayalam to Japanese movies. Apart from movies, she has also been a judge in the MTV Roadies show. She was featured amongst the top 10 contestants in the Miss Universe pageant and was also the winner of the 2002 Femina Miss India pageant. Her statement that created a buzz all over the internet was, “Only Shah Rukh Khan and s*x sell in Bollywood.”
5. Sunny Leone
The blabbering mouths of fans simply refused to stop with deluging remarks, when it comes to Sunny Leone. Due to her indulgence with the adult industry at one point in time, Karenjit Kaur Vohra has been the nexus of several distasteful deliberations. She said, “Many a-listers refuse to share screen space with me, many wives don’t want their husbands to work with me.” She further explained, “I just want to tell them – woman, I don’t want your husband because I have my own.” She also said, “I have had one-night stands, who hasn’t?”
6. Aamir Khan
The silent rivalry between Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan is no news to anybody. However, when he infamously took to his blog and wrote that Shah Rukh (his dog) was licking his feet, Aamir did re-ignite the fumes of the cold strife. He wrote, “Shah Rukh is licking my feet and I am feeding him biscuits every now and then. What more I can ask for?… Shah Rukh is once again begging for my attention, so let me get back to him. He is smelling too much. I think he needs a bath. Heel Boy, heel.”
7. Sara Ali Khan
Sara Ali Khan is a young and famous actor. She had to face the burn of netizens’ rage when she made a ‘not so appropriate’ remark in an interview. She was asked about colorism, to which she said, “If you wanna be tan, just put on some bronzer, and if you wanna be fair, put on some powder.”
8. Salman Khan
When he made a comparison of his physical pain during the shoot of his movie “Sultan” to that of a rap*d woman, Salman Khan attracted criticism from almost everybody. Later, his father Salim Khan apologized to everybody for the actor’s insensitiveness. The philanthropist of Bollywood said, “When I used to walk out of that ring, it used to be actually like a rap*d woman walking out.”
9. Shahid Kapoor
An apparent feud of exes has always effortlessly managed to bag headlines in social media. Once, Shahid Kapoor was asked if he would like to be cast opposite his ex-girlfriend Kareena Kapoor Khan. He stirred up a cold-love controversy by saying, “I would like to work with her again.” He added, “I feel that as an actor if my producer wants me to romance with a cow or a buffalo also, I’ll do it because that’s my job.”
10. Kareena Kapoor Khan
Kareena Kapoor Khan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas have engaged in a war of words on numerous occasions. However, Kareena’s comment on Koffee With Karan on Priyanka Chopra’s accent is certainly on top of the list of their fiery exchanges. She said, “I want to ask where she gets her accent from.” After that, Priyanka couldn’t keep quiet and snarkily said, “I got it from the same place her boyfriend got it from.”
11. Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt is an amazing filmmaker who gave us many outstanding films such as “Saransh”, “Sadak”, “Aashiqui 2”, and many more. In an interview with a magazine, Mahesh Bhatt expressed his love for his daughter, Pooja in a very absurd manner. This landed up in a huge controversy. The Sadak movie director said, “If Pooja wasn’t my daughter, I’d love to marry her.”
12. Rishi Kapoor
Before his demise, Rishi Kapoor was known for his active social media engagements and bold tweets. His bold and rough tweets often sparked controversy. However, one of the most debatable tweets was, “am angry. Why do you equate food with religion?? I am a beef-eating Hindu. Does that mean I am less God-fearing than a non-eater? Think!!”
