Siddharth Mallya's derriere picture goes viral on social media; the wannabe actor apparently deleted it to steer clear of controversy

Nude selfies of Hollywood celebs making their way to social networking platforms is rather common, but when a butt-baring picture of aspiring actor Siddharth Mallya started doing the rounds of Instagram, it took us by surprise.

A web portal posted the picture in which he is intensely looking into the camera with his back being reflected in a mirror. The photo has gone viral. His publicist said, `Sid is not available to comment on this.` A source close to him, however, says the picture might be morphed: `He doesn't have any such pic on his Instagram account. Who knows, it could be doctored.`


A screen grab of the same photo on his Instagram account

An Instagram addict, however, claims that Sid, who is currently working on his international show Homecoming, had indeed posted the selfie, but pulled it down soon after. The Instagrammer (celebrity_news_bollywood), who shared the original picture with hitlist, says Mallya Jr had captioned it as: `To everyone who sends positivity I <3 (heart sign) U!! And to all the negative ones out there, you can kiss`.