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Deepika's 'hijab' look in Abu Dhabi ad sparks debate online
Orissa POST
|October 09, 2025
New Delhi, Oct 8: Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is back at the centre of a social media storm with a tourism campaign for Abu Dhabi in which she is seen wearing wearing a hijab as she walks through the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
Deepika, who appears in the ad with her husband and fellow actor Ranveer Singh, is no stranger to controversy. She earlier attracted ire on social media for her appearance at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University during the anti-CAA protests and for sporting an orange bikini in the song “Besharam Rang” in “Pathan”.
Padukone now joins her husband as the brand ambassador for Experience Abu Dhabi, the destination brand of the Department of Culture and Tourism-Abu Dhabi.
This story is from the October 09, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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