{
  "id": 16300420,
  "title": "'Women Want People To Mind Their Own Business': Kriti Sanon Opens Up About Her Raksha Bandhan Advertisement Outfit Controversy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/women-want-people-to-mind-their-own-business-kriti-sanon-opens-up",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T07:45:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/what-women-want-is-to-people-to-mind-their-own-business-kriti-sanon-opens-up-about-her-raksha-bandhan-advertisement-outfit-controversy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In August, a jewelry brand's advertisement featuring Kriti Sanon went viral due to her outfit, which netizens deemed too revealing for an ad with Raksha Bandhan as the theme. The actress faced widespread trolling and eventually, the brand pulled the ad. In a recent interview with Kareena Kapoor Khan on the show \"What Women Want,\" Kriti opened up about the controversy and expressed that women should be allowed to mind their own business.\n\nKriti stated that she doesn't pay attention to trolls and doesn't feel the need to justify her actions. However, she highlighted the recent controversy, saying, \"But this is something that actually happened recently where my choli became the national debate. I couldn't believe that my choli had become a six-person panel discussion on prime-time news.\" She found it surprising that her outfit had turned into a major topic of discussion.\n\nThe actress emphasized that the issue was not about her personally but rather a larger problem where women are constantly under scrutiny for trivial reasons. Kriti explained, \"I felt that it was not about me; it was a much larger issue, where I felt like women are under scrutiny for everything, and it is only women who get targeted for the smallest thing.\"\n\nDespite understanding that people have the right to express their opinions, Kriti was taken aback by the hate she received. She questioned, \"The amount of hate that happens. What's with the hate?\" She revealed that she rarely reads comments on her posts, but sometimes encounters extremely nasty and abusive language directed at her parents and sister's posts.",
  "summary": "In August this year, a jewellery brand advertisement featuring Kriti Sanon went viral for the wrong reason. Netizens felt that the actress' outfit was very revealing for an ad that had Raksha Bandhan as its backdrop. The actress was trolled a lot, and later the brand removed the ad. Now, while chatting with Kareena Kapoor Khan on the show What Women Want, Kriti opened up about the controversy and…",
  "key_points": [
    "Kriti Sanon's choli sparked national debate in Raksha Bandhan ad controversy",
    "Actress faced widespread trolling, leading to ad's withdrawal",
    "Kriti emphasized women are under scrutiny for trivial reasons"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Kriti Sanon recalls ‘choli’ controversy: ‘People talking about culture were abusing my family’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/kriti-sanon-recalls-choli-controversy-people-talking-about-culture",
        "published": "2026-10-24T05:07:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}