The year 2020 has proved to be a hectic year with all the unplanned events hitting the country and leading to some miserable scenarios. Especially in the Hindi film industry, from COVID -19 halting all the shoots and film releases to the demise of some great actors, this year has shaken up the whole industry. Bollywood has seen some big controversies this year that became the talk of the town and seems unstoppable. So, let's take a look at some of the biggest controversies of Bollywood in 2020 that took the internet by storm.
Deepika Padukone grabbed all the eyeballs negatively when she visited JNU where the students were protesting against the violence. It was being said that the visit was Deepika's strategy to promote her film 'Chhapaak'. However, the promotional trick backfired her as people started boycotting her film. Chhapaak did not perform well at the box-office.
OTT platforms got a wonderful opportunity in the Lockdown to expand its influence over a larger number of audience. And the availability of good content at home with reasonable price made the best combo one can ask for. Filmmakers opting for OTT platforms to release their films turned the theatre business down which lead to one of the biggest controversies of 2020. All this came after Ayushmann Khurrana's Gulabo Sitabo chose OTT for its release following other makers also to go for OTT.
Kangana Ranaut made a record in participating in all the possible matters she could indulge in and each one of them ended up in a big controversy. Indian lyricist Javed Akhtar registered a criminal complaint against Kangana Ranaut for making defamatory comments against him in interviews. Kangana also had a verbal Twitter war with B-town personalities like Swara Bhaskar, Anurag Kashyap, and others. Kangana also participated in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case when she made some fearless comments on the Hindi film industry and its hidden truths.
Kanika Kapoor found herself in a big controversy when the singer tested positive for COVID-19. She made headlines as she had hidden travel history during the lockdown and had earlier attended some parties in Lucknow. She was heavily trolled for her irresponsible behaviour towards the virus.
SSR's suicide case has to be on the top in the list of controversies as the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput turned the whole Bollywood upside down. Sushant's girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty went to jail after the actress was accused of Sushant's death. People started blaming and trolling the Bollywood stars like Karan Johar, Mahesh Bhatt and others for drugs consumption and Nepotism. It got worse when NCB summoned many big stars including Deepika, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, etc regarding the drugs case.
Akshay Kumar starrer horror-comedy 'Laxmii' landed in trouble when the makers were accused of hurting Hindu sentiments and disrespecting Goddess Laxmi with the title of the film as it was earlier titled as 'Laxmmi Bomb'. Sources also revealed that the makers got the legal notice from Shri Rajput Karni Sena to change the title.
The sudden demise of Sushant Singh Rajput's death case landed Bollywood in great chaos after the cause of the death was found to be drugs consumption and the actor's depression. NCB intervened and summoned B-town stars like Karan Johar, Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and others for interrogation in regard to the drugs case. Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa were arrested after a powdered substance was found at their residence.
Indian Air Force and Bollywood have also not been in good terms as films like Gunjan Saxena and AK Vs AK showed a negative light on IAF. While the movie was made to promote Indians to join Airforce, it showed how the male pilot was misbehaving with the female pilot. Anil Kapoor's AK vs AK is also being criticized as Anil Kapoor is seen donning the IAF uniform while using abusive language in the trailer of the film.
Many artists from the Bollywood industry started opening up on the topic of nepotism and B-town gangs after the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput. Singer Sonu Nigam also came forward and claimed that the music industry also has a bigger mafia and he requested music companies to appreciate newcomers. The singer also accused T-Series and its owner Bhushan Kumar for nepotism.
This is the latest controversy of 2020 as Kangana and Diljit had a massive showdown on Twitter in regard to the ongoing farmers' protest. All this came after Kangana passed a comment on the farmers and the mothers of Punjab. The farmers protest reached another level when the duo had an ugly war of words on Twitter. Many Punjabi artists supported Diljit and criticised Kangana Ranaut for her remarks.