Kissing Controversies That Scandalised Bollywood: Mahesh Bhatt To Rakhi Sawant

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Udit Narayan has been in the news after he kissed a female fan during his performance. As the video went viral, the singer has been receiving huge backlash from the netizens. However, this is not the first time Bollywood celebrities have been caught up in the controversy due to a kiss. Check some of the most talked about scandals in Hindi cinema that were caused because of a kiss.

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Udit Narayan has been receiving backlash from netizens after he kissed a female fan during his concert. The video went viral on social media and sparked controversy. Reacting to the massive backlash, he told Hindustan Times, “Fans itne deewane hote hain na. Hum log aise nahi hain, hum decent log hain. Some people encourage this and show their love through this. Udaake kya karna hai ab iss cheez ko? There are so many people in the crowd, and we have bodyguards present too. But fans think they are getting a chance to meet, so someone extends their hands for a handshake, some kiss the hands… yeh sab deewangi hoti hai. Uspe itna dhyaan nahi dena chahiye.”

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Mahesh Bhatt and his daughter Pooja, who is a well known actor, created controversy after they kissed for the cover magazine in 1990. While speaking to Siddharth Kannan, Pooja addressed the controversy and said, "No, because I see it very simple, and I think that unfortunately jo hota hai (what happens is), a frozen moment can be represented and misrepresented in anyway. Aur mujhe yaad hai Shah Rukh ne mujhe yeh kaha tha when you have daughters, jab hi aapke bacche chote hai, how often a child just says, ‘Mummy papa give me a kiss’. And they go this way. Main ab bhi is umar mein bhi wahi 10 pound ki bacchi hoon for my father. Vo jindagi bher wahi rahege for me."

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Mika Singh and Rakhi Sawant grabbed the attention in 2006 due to their kissing scandal at former's birthday party. The singer grabbed and kissed Rakhi during his party and left everyone shocked. Later, Rakhi had filed a case in the Bombay High Court, charging Mika with molestation. In 2023, Mika moved the Bombay High Court with a petition to quash the charges pressed by Rakhi 17 years ago with her consent.

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Shilpa Shetty and Hollywood actor Richard Gere attended an AIDS awareness event in Rajasthan in 2007. At the event, Richard kissed Shilpa on cheeks, which caused massive controversy. A complaint was filed against the actress that alleged that Shetty committed an obscene act by not objecting to Gere's kiss.

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Pictures of Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo kissing Bollywood diva Bipasha Basu made the headlines in 2007. However, Bipasha declined the link-up rumours but praised Cristiano.

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Deepika Padukone and Siddharth Malya shared a romantic kiss at Eden Gardens to celebrate the win of Royal Challengers over Kolkata Knight Riders when they were dating. Their relationship ended suddenly but the two seemed to be on good terms after Siddharth reacted to Deepika's announcement of her wedding to Ranveer in 2018.