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Indian actor faces backlash after faking death in what she says was effort to raise awareness for cervical cancer

“While I do understand how you would have perceived this in bad taste, I also implore you to consider the greater cause,” Poonam Pandey said on Instagram.

Indian actor Poonam Pandey is facing criticism after faking her death in what she says was an effort to raise awareness for cervical cancer. The actor defended her actions, which she said were part of a campaign she started working on four months ago with Indian marketing agency Schbang. The agency also defended the campaign, adding that Poonam’s actions “resulted in making ‘Cervical Cancer’ and its related terms the most searched topic(s) on Google.”

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