Kareena Kapoor Khan is popular among brands – courtesy her huge fan following. But popularity is also subject to criticism. Most recent example being of Akshay Kumar getting slammed for endorsing a pan masala brand, after claiming in the past that they he will never do so. Now, it is the ‘Talaash’ actress who is facing huge backlash for featuring in a jewellery brand ad without a bindi on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. Bebo is being slammed for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by not wearing a bindi being a married woman. Netizens took out their anger on Twitter and bashed Kareena to an extent that #BoycottKareenaKapoor started trending on the micro-blogging site. Here’s are a couple of tweets criticizing the actress: ‘Every Hindu woman puts bindi on her forehead as foremost adornment be it festival. But advertisement features Kareena without bindi. This is an insult to Hindu religion.#MalabarGold & Diamonds is disregarding Hindu religious traditions.‼ #No_Bindi_No_Business #Boycott_MalabarGold’. Another one wrote, ‘#NoBindiNoBusiness #malabargold #AkshayaTritiya #Hindu Kareena if forget hindu festivals and role of bindi after marriage in hindu dharma then she should avoid such advt to just earn money. Malabar gold if don’t know about hindu festivals and about bindi then its shameful.’ Meanwhile, on the work front, Kareena Kapoor Khan is awaiting the release of her upcoming film ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ opposite Aamir Khan. She will also be making her OTT debut with director Sujoy Ghosh’s next film. It is reported that the movie will be a screen adaptation of Japanese author Keigo Higashino’s book ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’. For more news and updates, stay tuned to ETimes.

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