New Delhi:
All India Bakchod (AIB) fame comedian Tanmay Bhat has landed himself in a controversy yet again where he created a video clip showing morphed pictures of Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar engaged in a war of words. This controversial snapchat, titled `Sachin vs Lata Civil War', went viral on social networking sites on Sunday which created unprecedented furore in political circles and drew strong protests from industry bigwigs.
The video shows Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar engrossed in a war of words. Among other things in the videos, Bhat questioned why Lata Mangeshkar was still "alive" and debated if test captain Virat Kohli was better than Tendulkar. The video has triggered an outrage on social media and the derogatory remarks passed in the video has irked many, including politicians.
The MNS has filed an FIR against Bhat and has even sworn to ban all of his shows across India. B-Town celebrities, too, took to Twitter to express their discontentment. Here's what they have to say:
I am 9 times winner of #BestComicActor. Have a great sense of humor. But This's NOT humor. #Disgusting&Disrespectful https://t.co/sTuTfbAOrU
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) 29 May 2016
Am absolutely shocked. Disrespect is not cool and neither is it funny. https://t.co/ymYPi9hxuv
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) 28 May 2016
Disrespect is not cool neither it's funny...
Comedians should understand the difference
between comedy and insult.
— Anjali Tendulkar (@TendulkarAnjali) 29 May 2016
Blaming AIB for spoof on Lataji is like blaming a monkey about a monkey for being a monkey.True sense of humour is ability 2 laugh at anyone
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) 30 May 2016
Dirtiest ugliest joke by Tanmay bhatt on icons of india -big shame n punishable.He claims-I wud walk naked in... https://t.co/yJ5UV7NWzD
— Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) 31 May 2016
It's OK, it's all good. Sachin is a legend & @mangeshkarlata is a Goddess. Their glory isn't gonna be lessened by a rude joke. Calm down!
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) 29 May 2016
A comedian can either be funny or unfunny..bt that was repulsive & awful..but again that's his right..what can I say https://t.co/5UbeWJJQLB
— Paresh Rawal (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) 29 May 2016
The entire row had been trending over Twitter most of Monday and has become the talking point since then. However, the comedian had expected the backlash and hence while publishing the video put out a tweet which read, "When you guys write about me tomorrow can you please use my Snapchat ID - it's thetanmay thanks."
The video has some of the punchlines used against Mangeshkar that include Jon Snow also died, so should you, Your face looks like someone who kept you in water for eight days.