Pooja Bedi shares her pics from controversial condom ad from the 90s, calls them 'wow'

The ad became controversial and was banned from airing on Doordarshan

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Actress-model Pooja Bedi took a trip down memory lane on Friday as she shared photos from a controversial condom advertisement from the 90s. Pooja featured opposite model Marc Robinson in the ad.

She captioned the pictures as, "GOSH! Some of the WOW stills taken during my shoot for the Kamasutra Condoms advert in 1991 by the late Prabuddha Dasgupta." The first-of-its-kind ad had become controversial, and was banned from being aired on Doordarshan. The advertisement was directed by Alyque Padamsee.

Pooja had opened up about shooting for the ad, in an interview with Times Of India in 2011. She had said: "We shot the ad in Goa. When I signed the ad, I was told I'll have to be in shower and Marc Robinson will be on this boat. I was fine doing all that. However when I reached the studio, I spotted Marc Robinson there. I asked what he was doing in the studio! That is when I got to know that the ad will also be showing him getting into the shower with me. I was told to use the hand shower on Marc! I was surprised and apprehensive although I was okay with it."

She added: "After some time, I got even bigger shock when I was told to squeeze Marc's back! That is when I said, 'I am so not doing that.' I refused to touch Marc Robinson. Finally the hand that squeezes Marc's back towards the end of the ad was not mine but my makeup artist's! The hand just had to look as if it was mine. I however touched him in other ads that we did together."