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Kiara Advani: 'Switched off DMs after receiving suggestive messages on leaf picture'

Heena K

In an interview, actress Kiara Advani revealed that she received a lot of suggestive direct messages on social media after her photograph from Dabboo Ratnani's 2020 celebrity calendar went viral.  

“I have switched off some of my DM notifications because I did get a lot of those suggestive ones. Especially after the leaf picture went up. I was like okay we can’t do this right now,” Kiara said in a video interview with Tweak India. 

In the said leaf picture, Kiara posed topless, hiding behind just a large green leaf.

The photo also became controversial after charged of plagiarism were levelled against Dabboo Ratnani. However, Dabboo shared another photo from his 2002 calendar featuring Tabu in a similar shot and said 'if I can reuse my camera, I can definitely repeat my own concept'. 


However, when it comes to getting trolled, Kiara told IANS that memes don’t affect her and in fact, she considers them to be a part of flattery. On the work front, Kiara was last seen in a Netflix Original film, Guilty