What Bollywood looks like on the outside is not really what it is on the inside too. Bollywood’s glitz and glamour may make you swoon and go gaga about it, but the undisclosed dark secrets, scandals and casting couches that we unravel beneath will make you gasp!Scroll down to take a sneak-peak into the infamous Bollywood scandals of all times.
1. Bipasha Basu
Fiv years back, in 2011, a controversial tape allegedly featuring sexual conversations between the actress and politician Amar Singh were leaked. But the actress vehemently denied allegations that the voice in the tape was hers.Despite Amar Singh reportedly using his clout to have the tape hidden, the scandalous conversation made its way to the hands, or rather the ears, of the public in 2011.
2. Dibakar Banerjee-Payal Rohatgi
The model-turned-actress accused director Dibakar Banerjee of indecent behaviour while she was auditioning for a role in ‘Shanghai’. Dibakar, of course, refuted the allegation while fellow filmmaker Anurag Kashyap rushed to his support.
3. Madhu Bhandarkar
Rape allegations were slapped on the National Award-winning filmmaker, Madhu Bhandarkar by actress Preeti Jain. According to the actress, the filmmaker raped her 16 times on the pretext of casting her in his films.The actress further went on to charge Madhur with leading her on and promising to marry as well as cast her in his films, before abruptly withdrawing her case altogether.
4. Shiney Ahuja
In June 2009, the actor’s Bollywood career hit a dead end after his domestic help lodged a police complaint against him alleging rape at his residence. Shiney was arrested and subsequently sentenced to seven years imprisonment. He is currently out on bail. Ahuja, who was away from films after getting embroiled in the alleged rape case, is set for a comeback on the silver screen with ‘Welcome Back’.
5. Shahid Kapoor-Kareena Kapoor
Back in 2004, an MMS, which allegedly showed the two ex-lovers Shahid and Kareena smooching passionately became the talk of the web. Kareena and Shahid maintained that the MMS was fake, but that didn’t reduce the popularity of the video.
6. Ashmit patel-Riya Sen
The 2007 Riya-Ashmit MMS clip is among the most infamous scandals in Bollywood. The clip showed the duo kissing passionately. While most stars prefer to stay mum on their leaked videos, Ashmit admitted during his stay in ‘Bigg Boss’ house that the clip was indeed genuine.
7. Veena Malik
In 2012, a steamy video allegedly featuring the Pakistani actress started doing the rounds of the internet. The clip has a couple passionately making out and sent the temperatures soaring. The guy in the video was alleged to be Rajan Verma, her co-star in the film ‘Zindagi 50-50’
