Deepika Padukone blasts TOI for publishing 'cleavage' pics

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone slammed India's leading news daily, Times Of India, for creating a story and publishing a series of snaps of her cleavage.

The 28-year-old actress took to Twitter and lashed at the publication, which had named the gallery "OMG: Deepika Padukone's Cleavage show," writing "YES!I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??," Gulf News reported.

The 'Finding Fanny' star stated that this was the news in India's biggest news organization, and said that they shouldn't be talking about women empowerment issues if they didn't even know how to respect women.

The video stills showed the beauty in white anarkali dress, which wasn't revealing, but the video, which had been shot from above in an attempt to catch a glimpse of her chest, made it look sleazy. The original footage used by the news organization comes from a YouTube channel that specialises in sleazy videos of actress' bodies.

It also included similar images of leading actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anushka Sharma and Kangna Ranaut.

Meanwhile, celebrities including Alia Bhatt, Illeana D'Cruz, Ranvir Shorey, stylist of the featured outfit, Anaita Shroff Adjania, 'Finding Fanny' director Homi Adjania and Huma Qureshi among others, backed the actress for her brave step, expressing their respect for her and disgust at the news.