One of the films that showed a beautiful chemistry between Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, Kurbaan was appreciated for its music. The poster of the film featured both Randeep and Nandana fully painted in colours in each other’s arms. It had Randeep Hooda and Nandana Sen in a romantic angle. The audience could not really warm up to the film which was based on the life of a painter who paints gods and goddesses with his imagination. The poster of the film had the actress striking a provocative pose wearing a hardly-there bikini and therefore, the controversy. Rog, directed by Pooja featured Liene Hamman in the lead. While the music of the film was super successful, the poster of the film which featured a backless Udita Goswami sitting in front of Emraan Hashmi raised many eyebrows. Zeher talked about an extra marital relationship. Both the film’s theme and the poster triggered a controversy. It featured Isha Koppikar and Amrita Arora in a lesbian relationship. Girlfriend was made on a rather controversial concept. While the film garnered many eyeballs for its content, the poster in which Neha is seen lying on the bed with just a pink bedsheet covering her made a jaw-dropping scene. Julie was a story of a prostitute and had Neha Dhupia playing the titular character. However, the film’s poster garnered a lot of criticism for being overtly sexual. Featuring John Abraham and Udita Goswami in the lead, Paap turned out to be a Box Office hit. The music of the film was appreciated widely. It triggered controversy because the various posters of the film showed female body in a rather objectifying manner. The film featured Manisha Koirala and Aditya Seal. The makers also used this still as part of their promotional strategy in posters. Actress Mandakini was showed taking a bath in a natural waterfall draped in a white saree. The Raj Kapoor film stands as one of the most iconic films of the year. The poster had both her and Shashi Kapoor locking lips. While the film was appreciated for encouraging love sans artificial beauty standards, Satyam Shivam Sundaram had Zeenat exposing much as she essayed the character of a village girl. The film talked about beauty within and not outside.
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The film anyway had gorgeous Zeenat Aman narrating a different side of love story. However, apart from the teenage romance shown in the film, the film’s poster too created a stir among the audience.
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The film had young Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia eloping to live together forever while their families don’t approve of their romantic relationship. From Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Julie, Guzaarish to PK, The Dirty Picture and Rang Rasiya among many others, here are the list of 21 most controversial Hindi film posters. While the posters of Aamir Khan’s PK were ordered to be taken out from the theatres, the very popular poster of Raj Kapoor’s film, Ram Teri Ganga Maili is something that has contributed in making Bollywood immemorial. Hindi cinema has a history of controversies that a film dealt due to its posters. But, the buzz created through posters doesn’t always move in a positive direction. The posters of Baahubali added more grandeur to the existing excitement around the film. The Salman Khan film which is this big Eid release this year has released the posters featuring the actor in a much curious role.
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A lot of creative thinking goes behind the designing of a film poster, it has to talk about the essence of the film. Maybe that’s why we not just have one but multiple film posters launch in Bollywood. A film’s poster gives a first window to look into the content of the film.