 Critics complimented Lindsay Lohan 's Indian Journey for being well researched and compelling , but they also found Lohan 's presence to be odd . In her Lost in Showbiz column in The Guardian , Marina Hyde repeatedly criticized the documentary , in particular the choice to include Lohan , since its inception . She mentions Lohan 's then recent conviction for " drink @-@ driving and drug possession " , describing her as a " trainwreck star " with a " [ career ] ... in foreclosure " and goes on to question if BBC was doing " image @-@ laundering services " and whether the decision to hire Lohan was " symptomatic of a wider cultural malaise " . Salon.com 's Mary Elizabeth Williams likewise criticized BBC3 's decision to have Lohan , whom she called a " disaster @-@ prone starlet " , front the programme , though she also said that " an effort that raises awareness of a global epidemic – even one that employs a crazy hot chick – is still an effort . " 
