Bollywood actress slams newspaper's 'cleavage show'
Deepika Padukone. (AAP)
Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has led a backlash against India's biggest newspaper after it published a photo and report on her cleavage.
The Times of India tweeted a photo on Sunday of the actress taken last year at a film launch with a link to an online slideshow and caption that read: "OMG: Deepika Padukone's cleavage show".
The actress responded with outrage on Twitter: "YES! I am a Woman. I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??
"Don't talk about Woman's Empowerment when YOU don't know how to RESPECT Women!"
Hundreds of fans and several of Padukone's Bollywood celebrity peers have since come out in support of the actress, with #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone the top trend on Twitter in India on Monday, BBC reports.
The Times of India tweeted to the actress that the report was meant to be a "compliment".
It has since removed its original tweet but is yet to comment further on the matter.
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