The 8 Most Controversial Statements Made By Bollywood Celebrities In 2017 That Stirred A Storm

Apart from hits, flops and box office numbers 2017 was big on controversies involving some very big names from the Bollywood industry. Right from the nepotism debate dragging on and engaging some new names like Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan apart from Kangana Ranaut and Karan Johar. Some very nasty comments were thrown from both sides till Kangana got embroiled into another big controversy with Hrithik Roshan.

Padmavati, on the contrary, became synonymous with trouble as from set vandalism to Karni Sena making threats to Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film finally got postponed and again got into trouble with the censor board. 

So here's revisiting the most controversial statements of 2017 which stirred up a storm.

Like every other politician trying to blame the victim in rape cases, actress Kiron Kher joined in and made this very obnoxious comment about girls.

The luscious hair that you see on his head was all gone when he stirred up a huge chunk of the population by waking up one fine morning and ranting on about the Azaan he has to hear on loudspeakers on Twitter. 

Prakash Raj made this very controversial statement about Narendra Modi, a case was in fact booked against him for the allegedly inappropriate comments.

On Karan Johar's chat show Koffee With Karan, Kangana was bombastic as she went on about nepotism in the industry and even pointed a finger at Karan himself.

Kashmir has never been an easy subject to address for anybody in India or Pakistan and yet Rishi Kapoor and his controversial persona went ahead and made headlines when he mad this statement about Kashmir.

And Rakhi was another one to point fingers at Hindutva and landed into trouble. She was also arrested for calling Valmiki a murderer.

Kangana revisited and revised her memories about her tiff with allegedly estranged boyfriend Hrithik Roshan and went on a rant about him and Rakesh Roshan on Aap KI Adalat making it an explosive episode.

And finally, the biggest threat/ controversy was stirred by the Karni Sena when they openly made threats of murder against Padmavati filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actress Deepika Padukone.