Early in her career she appeared topless on the cover of the film magazine Stardust, an image that caused a sensation and legal-moral outrage in early-1990s India.
In 1993 Mamta Kulkarni featured on the cover of the popular film magazine Stardust in a topless photograph. In the conservative media climate of the time it was explosive — one of the most talked-about magazine covers in Indian film history.
It drew moral condemnation and controversy, and helped cement her image as one of the boldest and most provocative stars of the decade, as much a tabloid figure as a film actress.
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