Sonam SHOCKED with overreaction over Tanmay Bhat's controversial video

Actress Sonam Kapoor has come out in support of the comedy All India Bakchod (AIB) co-founder-creator saying she is "shocked" with people's "over reaction


Amid the growing uproar over Tanmay Bhat's controversial video, which belittles two Bharat Ratna awardees -- singer Lata Mangeshkar and legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, actress Sonam Kapoor has come out in support of the comedy group All India Bakchod (AIB) co-founder-creator saying she is "shocked" with people's "over reaction".

Leaders of political parties across Maharashtra on Monday demanded action against Bhat over the video.

Not only politicians, many popular Bollywood celebrities like Anupam Kher, Subhash Ghai, Riteish Deshmukh and Satish Kaushik have also strongly condemned the video over Twitter.

However, Sonam feels that Bhat's video has been misinterpreted.

"Dear Tanmay Bhat, being your friend I know what you say and do is never to offend, but to make people laugh," Sonam posted on Twitter on Tuesday.

"Don't you guys think there are issues that are more important than Tanmay Bhat's Snapchat jokes? I'm in shock with this over reaction.

"Being living legends, I know Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar don't even know and care about what's going on! Stop spewing hate on their behalf," she added.

The video, which Bhat posted on Snapchat, liberally ridiculed and 'roasted' Lata and Sachin. It went viral on the social media and other channels and triggered widespread outrage.

Among other things, in the video, Bhat has shown a face-swap. Statements like "why the 86-year-old Lata was still alive" and "who was the better player between the 43-year-old Sachin and Virat Kohli" raised a howl of protests and condemnations.


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Comments (14)

Humour at the cost of two Bharat Ratnas ... Huh..these two are most loved and revered in India ... Do rubbish n say it was for humour is not acceptable ... Sonam supporting him is so disgusting !!

7 years ago

over acting people should not talk about over reacting
first get some respect and real fame then see the difference
she even don't know the difference b/w comedy and cheapness
because of u people there is no respect for the work u do for a film

7 years ago

A person who has not done anything great in his life has no rights to comment on persons who has given a lot of pride to their country for years.He is your friend and does that mean he is right..There is a big difference between comedy and cheapness.. We used to have comedians earlier and we genuinely used to smile and laugh for their joked unlike fake smiles for some stupid jokes now..This is utter nonsense and he is no way a comedian...He is just an attention seeker...One can never make people laugh by making someone else feel bad..

7 years ago

@simplyme .. totally agree with you .. I don't support the insult of someone like Sachin (I don't know if it was insult at all coz I haven't watched it) but there are bigger issues .. Sonam is dumb that's a proven fact but I read someone said hang Tanmay lol .. it's over-reaction indeed .. in this country a rapist gets free from jail within 3 years of committing heinous crime that too with a sewing machine and people demand punishment of an idiot comedian?? In the same day, a gang rape took place in Kolkata .. no reaction on the same .. really incredible India .. mera desh mahan hain .. 100 me se 99 blind hain.

7 years ago

Making a joke is one thing. But insulting people is entirely a different thing. Asking as to why Lata Mangeshkar is still alive DEFINITELY isn't a joke. Hope u understand that Sonam Kapoor Di. And yes. I do agree that a rant has been made but then it is done for the right reasons. I do wish people raise their voices against the crimes committed across the country too..

7 years ago

This statement from someone who went ballistic when Shobha De had criticised her movie.

Social networking site + rant/comment on a celeb = instant fame. That's what Krk does, others are just following suit.

7 years ago

I guess many people need to understand the difference between a joke, a roast and an insult or demeaning video. Look who is talking the people who get furious over simple questions about their personal life.

7 years ago

Sonam has never had brains and never will. She shoots her mouth just to shoot her mouth without anything that makes sense

7 years ago

everyone except the two who were insulted are speaking up. those two ppl should speak up and end this pathetic joke makers abuse by their massive fandoms. the guy is being abused for real for making a virtual joke in a virtual media. the world has clearly lost all sense in differenciating between virtual abuse and real abuse. and the ppl who were insulted are maintaining silence and encouraging more and more hostility towards the comedian. pathetic really how a simple bad joke can lead to so much real abuse

7 years ago

What we people lack to understand is, the right of freedom, and the abuse of that. We need to respect the thin line.

7 years ago

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