Daaku Maharaaj, featuring Urvashi Rautela and Nandamuri Balakrishna, has been at the centre of controversy ever since the film premiered on January 12. From the backlash over the song Dabidi Dibidi, to Urvashi's blunt responses during the promotions, let's take a look at all the reasons that kept Daaku Maharaaj in the headlines.
Dabidi Dibidi Song Row
The song Dabidi Dibidi, sung by Vagdevi, has been making a lot of noise but for all the wrong reasons. Social media users have expressed their disdain, claiming that the steps are “obscene”, “vulgar”, and “downright cringe”.
The age gap between Nandamuri Balakrishna, 64, and Urvashi Rautela, 30, also earned a considerable amount of flak from the masses.
Dabidi Dibidi also featured some of Nandamuri's Balakrishna's iconic dialogues. However, fans slammed the Dabidi Dibidi song for its choreography, handled by Shekhar Master.
Later, Urvashi Rautela talked about the negative response in an interaction with The Hollywood Reporter India. She said that it was “hard to assess why people are talking about the choreography in this way.”
Urvashi Rautela Trolled
During one of the promotional events of Daaku Maharaaj, Urvashi Rautela's tone-deaf remarks were made the Internet tear her apart. Rautela was trolled for her insensitive remarks on Saif Ali Khan's stabbing incident.
Instead of speaking about the attack on Saif Ali Khan, Rautela raved about the film's Rs 105-crore box office collection and flaunted her expensive jewellery.
Urvashi Rautela, in a conversation with news agency ANI, said, “It is very unfortunate. Now, Daaku Maharaaj has crossed Rs 105 crore at the box office and my mother gifted me this diamond-studded Rolex, while my father gifted me this mini watch on my finger, but we don't feel confident to wear it outside openly. There is this insecurity that anybody can attack us. Whatever happened was very unfortunate."
Directed by Bobby Kolli, Daaku Maharaj also has Bobby Deol, Pragya Jaiswal, Shraddha Srinath, Shine Tom Chacko, Sachin Khedekar and Pradeep Rawat in key roles.