Before Kaali, Akshay Kumar's OMG 2, Ram Setu and more Bollywood movie posters sparked controversies [View Pics]

Before Leena Manimekalai's Kaali, Akshay Kumar's Ram Setu and OMG 2, Mallika Sherawat's Dirty Politics and more Bollywood film posters have hurt religious sentiments. Check out the pictures:

By Shivani Pawaskar
Published: July 04 2022, 23:28 PM IST

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Kaali movie poster hurt religious sentiments — Kaali movie poster hurt religious sentiments

A couple of hours ago, the makers of Kaali, a performance documentary released a poster which featured a woman in the Goddess avatar smoking. Kaali is a documentary by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai. As soon as the poster was released, it received widespread attention and criticism for hurting the religious sentiment of Hindus. A police complaint has been filed against the filmmaker as well. This is not the first time that the poster of the films has been embroiled in controversies. Let's have a dekko at more film posters that sparked controversies.

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Dharam Sankat Mein — Dharam Sankat Mein

Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah starrer Dharam Sankat Mein had reportedly got into a controversy when the poster was unveiled. It showcased Annu Kapoor's character wearing a Muslin cap called Taqiyah. It seems the Muslim community had taken offence to it. The poster was then changed. Also Read - Sophie Choudry shares style tips with BollywoodLife- watch video!

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Dirty Politics — Dirty Politics

Mallika Sherawat, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri starrer Dirty Politics' poster also drew flak. It featured a seemingly nude Mallika wrapped in the national flag of India. Netizens were engaged about the same.

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OMG 2 — OMG 2

Akshay Kumar had shared a poster of OMG 2, a sequel to OMG starring Paresh Rawal. The new film's poster received a lot of criticism as it featured Akshay in blue as though channeling his inner Lord Shiva. This was met with a lot of flak. Also Read - Ek Paheli Leela box office collection: Sunny Leone-Jay Bhanushali starrer opens well in single screen theatres!

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Ram Setu — Ram Setu

Akshay Kumar's other film poster that got flak was of Ram Setu. The tag line said Myth or reality? did not go down well with the netizens. They slammed him for hurting religious sentiments about Ram Setu.

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Shivaay — Shivaay

Ajay Devgn's film Shivaay's poster got embroiled in controversy as well. It was due to Ajay wearing shoes and seemingly climbing Lord Siva's figure. It got lot of flak. Also Read - Dharam Sankat Mein movie review: Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah FAIL to tickle your funny bone!