Journalism of Courage
With 2014 nearing its inevitable end, we bring to you the list of Top 20 celebrities who held the people of India by awe and compelled them to search for them on search engines.
Sunny Leone
This shouldn't be a surprise. The sexy actress has been leading the list for three years now. Be it the roles she does in Indian movies, or the kind of movies she has done in the past, Sunny Leone rules this list.
Poonam Pandey
Ahem! Much to the tune of Sunny Leone surfers come the Poonam Pandey searchers. Poonam always manages to grab the headlines and she did that amazingly well in 2014. The 'Ice Bucket Challenge' in the bath tub and then the consequent shutting down of her facebook page added to the appeal.
Shweta Basu Prasad
Her life story isn't any lesser than a Hindi film. Shweta made headlines with some wrong reasons as she was accused of prostitution. She was later hired as the script writer in Anurag Kashyap's film company and very recently, she slammed media for messing up her life. Gutsy, to say the least.
Anushka Sharma
'Jab Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya'? Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli, after much ado about their relationship in the media, finally admitted to their love affair recently. And Anushka was blamed for Virat's poor performance, not vice versa, when he scored ducks after ducks. Coincidentally, Anushka also made news due to her 'ducky' pout, when she appeared on 'Koffee With Karan'.
Alia Bhatt
'Highway' or My Way! Alia Bhatt surely had her way! With a critically acclaimed performance in 'Highway', a Punjabi avatar in 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' and a lovey-dovey avatar with Varun Dhawan, Alia was all over the news in 2014.
Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan became quite the object of desire of many women after his latest release 'Bang Bang'. The sadder part was his divorce from Sussanne Khan. They called it quits after 12 years of marriage.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Does the former beauty queen need reasons to be on the search list? We don't think so.
Her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival and the news of her comeback in Sanjay Gupta's 'Jazbaa' ensured she never left the news.
Bipasha Basu
Bipasha's career has quite become the movies she's doing these days - a horror story, but yet she managed to stay in news due to her hook up with actor Harman Baweja and then the break up.
John Abraham
Bipasha's former beau John Abraham stayed in new for similar reasons. John married Priya Munchal 'chupke se' and broke many a heart. He was in news also because of his tenure as the owner of one of the ISL teams.
Nargis Fakhri
Nargis is daring, for she not only rapped and sang (and quite well) when Hrithik Roshan gave her a 'Bang Bang dare', but also compelled Karan Johar to change the time slot of the episode of his talk show 'Koffee With Karan' in which she appeared with actress Freida Pinto. She also made news due to her alleged break up with alleged beau Uday Chopra.
Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone - these days, thy name is enough! She is the reigning 100 crore queen with consecutive 100-cr grossers like 'RamLeela', 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Diwaani', 'Happy New Year' among others. And we don't need say more.
Ileana DCruz
A dream debut in 'Barfi', Ileana has always enthralled the audiences with her acting repertoire and the flawless beauty. Her latest release 'Happy Ending' also earned her much appreciation.
Jennifer Lawrence
The Oscar winning actress made news with some wrong initiation. The nude photos' issue didn't go down well with the actress as well as her fans.
Katrina Kaif
Be it her alleged link up with her 'Bang Bang' co-star Hrithik Roshan, moving in with alleged beau Ranbir Kapoor, or being mocked at by Salman Khan at Arpita's wedding reception, Katrina's personal life remains to be more under the scanner than her career.
Kim Kardashian
Kim K 'broke the internet', quite literally, first with her marriage to Kanye West and then with the nude butt shoot. The picture says it all.
Kareena Kapoor
The Khan 'begum' is a happy person and even if she isn't doing many movies, she remains in the news.
Paoli Dam
Famous for her bold avatar in the movie 'Hate Story', Paoli Dam never ceases to be in the news.
Parineeti Chopra
Parineeti hasn't had a very successful 2104 with only 'Hasee Toh Phasee' doing well at the Box Office, of the three releases she had this year. But she promises to be back.
Miley Cyrus
Twerking. Twerking. Twerking.
Priyanka Chopra
PeeCee defines the 'act' in actress (wink!) and she doesn't need any reasons to be in limelight.
