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| On AIB Roast, Censor Board Member's Vulgar Tweet
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| INDIA
, 3-February-2015
2:36:15 AM |
| Amid a debate over an expletive-laced, no-holds barred "roast" of two actors, a tweet by a member of India's censor board has provoked shock and outrage.
Ashoke Pandit, who is a filmmaker, is being pilloried for his derogatory tweet on Karan Johar, who had conducted the AIB's roast, now viral.
The backlash was instant. "Filmmaker & censor board member @ashokepandit tweets filth about @karanjohar. Is this acceptable? He should quit or be removed," tweeted Salman Soz.
The roast, the first of its kind in India, featured a panel of eight and 'Roastmaster' Karan Johar ragging on 'Gunday' actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapur and subjecting them to jokes - seen by critics as "vulgar" - about their on-screen and off-screen lives. 4,000 people attended the roast in Mumbai. Because of the sharply divided response to the show, at least three hashtags are trending on twitter - #AIBRoast, AIB National Shame, We Stand by AIB Knockout.
A case alleging obscenity was filed and the Maharashtra government first said it would investigate the show, before apparently changed its mind.
Cultural affairs minister Vinod Tawde yesterday said the probe would inquiry into the vulgarity charge. He later tweeted that there would be no moral policing and the government would only check if the organisers had a performance license.
RelatedAIB Knockout Roast of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor Divides TwitterAIB Roast Runs Into Trouble With Maharashtra GovernmentAt AIB's Knockout Roast, Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh Were Funnier Than the Roasters
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