Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu had done a commercial for an underwear brand in the late 90s which faced a lot of backlash on the internet. It became controversial as it faced opposition from politicians and complaint was being filed. Dino has finally broken silence on this in a recent interview. The actor recalled how police was behind them and may be there was an arrest warrant also against them for doing such a photoshoot.
The ‘Raaz’ actor said in a chat with Pinkvilla, “I don’t know why someone was cutting the underwear. Dude, what’s the problem? You know? It became very controversial. But at that time, it was one of the s*xiest ads. Bipasha and I—our photographs together were insane! It was superb. We had fun while it lasted, and then it disappeared.”
He further recalled, “Newspapers, police behind us—this and that. I was like, ‘What is this, man?’ We were landing in Dubai, and I was reading the newspaper on the plane. There was a small mention that maybe an arrest warrant had been issued for Bipasha and me. As we were landing, I wondered, ‘Will we even be able to reach the airport properly? What will happen?’ So, we were a little worried. But in the end, nothing really happened.”
Dino also said that theirs was not the only ad. There were many others who did such photoshoots during that time. He said, “There was another instance. In 1995, Milind Soman also did a n*de photoshoot, which became highly controversial. That happened before mine. Then, when my ad came out, it stirred controversy too, and honestly, it turned into fantastic publicity. A controversy did happen, and to be honest, I was a little scared because it was the first time something like this had happened to me.”
Bipasha and Dino were also dating at that point in time when this ad came out and netizens still recall their amazing chemistry in it. The actor also revealed in this chat that he had broken up with Bipasha during ‘Raaz’ and she was going through a tough time because of it.