Mumbai: Actor Pooja Bedi has hit her photograph archive at this time and shared stills from her controversial commercial for Kamasutra condoms in 1991. For those that don’t know, Pooja Bedi and Marc Robinson featured in a first-of-its-kind spot that immediately grew to become controversial and was banned from airing on Doordarshan. She shared a few photos from the advert and wrote, “GOSH! Some of the WOW stills taken during my shoot for the Kamasutra Condoms advert in 1991 by the late Prabuddha Dasgupta.” She additionally tagged Gautam Singhania, who launched the commercial in 1991. Also Read – Rubina Dilaik, Neha Kakkar Perform Hook Up Steps on Their Hit Song ‘Marjaneya’, Video is Must Watch Check Out The Stunning Stills Here:The advert was the primary to be made for a condom model and was directed by Alyque Padamsee. Though it was banned on Doordarshan, it aired on cable TV. The advert for Kamasutra has been credited with revolutionizing the position of condoms in India.
In 2011, Pooja Bedi opened up in regards to the controversy and stated, “We shot the ad in Goa. When I signed the ad, I was told I’ll have to be in the shower and Marc Robinson will be on this boat. I was fine doing all that. However, when I reached the studio, I spotted Marc Robinson there. I asked what he was doing in the studio! That is when I got to know that the ad will also be showing him getting into the shower with me. I was told to use the hand shower on Marc! I was surprised and apprehensive although I was okay with it.” “After some time, I got an even bigger shock when I was told to squeeze Marc’s back! That is when I said, ‘I am so not doing that.’ I refused to touch Marc Robinson. Finally, the hand that squeezes Marc’s back towards the end of the ad was not mine but my makeup artist’s! The hand just had to look as if it was mine. I however touched him in other ads that we did together”, she added. The Kamasutra advert turned Pooja Bedi right into a sensation and he or she grew to become the discuss of the city. The identical yr, she made her Bollywood debut with Vishkanya and featured in Aamir Khan’s Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.
