Christmas is finally here and as we count the last few days of 2012 and make plans to usher into the new year, we look back at who played it naughty and who were nice in 2012.
Christmas is finally here and as we count down to the end of 2012, here's a last look at who made it to Santa's naughty list and who's on the nice list.
Naughty Kristen Stewart: No visit from Santa Claus for the Twilight actress this year. Kristen Stewart played it naughty when she was photographed in a steamy clinch with her married Snow White and The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders. The fairy tale romance between Twilight couple Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson seemed headed towards unhappily-ever-after. She issued a grovelling apology to Robert, her boyfriend of four years, and the couple have now reunited, though they are still on shaky ground.
Nice Aamir Khan: 2012 was all about Mr Perfectionist's humane side. In April, Aamir endeared himself to millions of Indians when he attended the wedding of auto driver Ram Lakhan's son in Varanasi. He met and struck up a friendship with Ram Lakahn while travelling incognito to promote 2010 movie 3 Idiots.
Aamir's hugely popular TV series Satyamev Jayate addressed several social issues like female foeticide and dowry deaths and had massive impact across the country, with many state governments being galvanized into action. Aamir also appeared before a Parliamentary Committee to present his thoughts on medical FDI.
Aamir's early Christmas present: being put on Time magazine's cover in August.
Naughty Saif Ali Khan: 2012 didn't start so well for Saif who was involved in an altercation with an NRI businessman while dining out in Mumbai with a group of friends that included then-fiancee Kareena Kapoor. On February 22, Saif allegedly punched Iqbal Sharma who was seated at the next table at the Taj Hotel's upmarket eatery, Wasabi. Mr Sharma says he asked Saif's group to make less noise and accuses the actor of breaking his nose. On December 21, Mumbai police chargesheeted Saif, actress Amrita Arora's husband Shakeel Ladak and producer Bilal Amrohi.
Nice Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: In September, the actress was announced as the new Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS. Ash said that she does not want to be just a "poster girl" for the organization but will undertake the ground work to help the agency achieve its goal of eliminating new HIV infections among children by 2015.
Naughty Shah Rukh Khan: In January, SRK allegedly came to blows with director Farah Khan's husband Shirish Kunder at a late night party hosted by Sanjay Dutt in a Mumbai nightclub. An uneasy truce was called later. In May, SRK was banned for five years from Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium as the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) alleged that SRK abused and misbehaved with security personnel and its officials after a match between his team Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians.
Nice Neetu and Babita Kapoor: Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor's alliance brought together two warring factions of Bollywood's best known and most sprawling dynasty. The presence of Neetu Kapoor at the Saif-Kareena's wedding celebrations signaled the end of a long-standing feud between Kapoor bahus Neetu and Babita, Kareena and Karisma's mother. According to reports, Babita personally arrived at the Kapoor bungalow, to invite Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh to Kareena and Saif's wedding celebrations.
With past family feuds forgotten, everyone was letting their hair down at the wedding celebrations, especially cousins Ranbir and Karisma who were seen having a good time and dancing together at the wedding party.
Naughty Lindsay Lohan: Lindsay is better known now for her off screen exploits than her movie roles. The 26-year-old actress, once a popular child star, had her probation revoked and may reportedly face up to eight months in jail for lying to cops about her car crash in June. But that's just one of her many skirmishes with the law this year.
She was arrested in November for starting a fight in a nightclub. She was arrested in September for clipping a pedestrian with her car and not stopping – the same incident in which she is accused of lying. She also had her bank accounts seized by the US government, is in tax debt, was suspected of burglary at a friend's home and is accused of trashing her trailer on the sets of Scary Movie 5. Phew!
Nice Salman Khan: True to the name of his NGO, Salman Khan was just being human when, in June this year, he rushed three technicians to the hospital after they were injured on the sets of Dabangg 2. The accident was caused by a short circuit at at Mehboob Studios and Salman Khan, who was not on set at the time, reportedly rushed to the spot and ensured that the technicians were taken to hospital and given the best possible treatment.
Naughty Madonna: The Queen of Pop's never been known to be demure but 2012 was a year of inordinate excess, even for her. Madonna notched up an impressive list of controversies this year. In July, Material Girl Madonna caused a furore by insisting on brandishing fake guns in concert despite being advised by police not to. She caused outrage when she used fake pistols and an AK47 rifle onstage in Edinburgh in the wake of the Colorado cinema massacre.
In addition to this, Madonna was also hit by a lawsuit from a group of Russian activists which ordered her to defend the comments she made during a show in August when she urged the crowd to support gay rights. She was sued by France's far-right National Front after an image at her Paris concert showed party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika imposed on her face.
That's not all. In June, Madonna exposed her breast on stage in Istanbul.
Nice Farhan Akhtar: While other actors make big money through their endorsements, Farhan decided to donate his fee for a good cause. The actor who will be seen in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag decided to donate his Rs 15 lakh endorsement fee from the Tata group to charity. "I have the highest regard for Ratan Tata and his philanthropic nature. Since this is my first personal association with his group, I felt it would be right to do (charity)," the actor had said.
