The OG ‘Poo’- Kareena Kapoor Khan– is celebrating her 41st birthday today.
From marrying Saif Ali Khan to naming her children; Bebo, along with her husband Saif, has had been the focal point of several controversies.
1. Controversy Around Saifeena’s Sons’ Names:
Saif & Kareena were trolled for naming their sons- Taimur Ali Khan (elder) & Jehangir Ali Khan (younger). While the netizen had linked Taimur’s name to the barbaric Turkic invader named ‘Timur’ and attacked the couple, a section of the internet erroneously believed that they had named their 2nd son after the 17th Mughal emperor Jahangir.
2. The Saifeena Wedding:
Kareena’s decision to tying the knot with Saif Ali Khan had created a lot of headlines back in 2012. They were trolled by a section of the society and some even went on to threaten them, who had allegedly accused Kareena of converting to Islam. However, the couple reportedly had to put it on record clarifying that Kareena didn’t adopt Islam after her wedding.
3. The Infamous Kurbaan Poster:
Kareena Kapoor & Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Kurbaan’ (2009) was embroiled in controversy after the political party of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena, objected to the film’s poster that showed Kareena’s bare-back. According to reports, some even had demanded to ban the movie.
4. Kareena- The ‘Face’ Of A ‘Love Jihaad’ Campaign:
In 2015, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had inadvertently used a morphed picture of Bebo for their controversial campaign ‘Love Jihaad’, published by Durga Vahini. The picture apparently showed half of the actress’s face wearing a sindoor, while the other half was covered by a Naqab (veil). The campaign supposedly wanted to ‘reconvert’ Hindu women who got married to Muslim men.
5. Scuffle With A Businessman:
Back in 2012, Saif allegedly got himself involved in a brawl at a restaurant in Mumbai’s Taj Hotel. Reportedly, the actor was accused of misbehaving and landing up in a scuffle with an NRI businessman named Iqbal Mir Sharma. Apart from the couple, Bebo’s sister Karisma, and her best friends Malaika Arora and Amrita Arora were also said to be present at the spot.
6. Saif Ali Khan’s Padma Shri:
2 years after this incident, RTI activist S C Agrawal had filed a complaint with the Union Home Ministry in 2014 and demanded that the actor should be stripped off the Padma Shri, that was given to him in 2010, as a Mumbai court had framed charges against him for the alleged assault. However, the government had rejected the demand saying, “It would be unfair to strip a person with outstanding achievement in a field just because he is convicted in a case relating to a minor scuffle.”