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Comedian Tanmay Bhat faces backlash after posting video mocking two Indian icons

India Blooms News Service | | May 30, 2016, at 08:08 pm

#TanmayBhat # SachinTendulkar # LataMangehskar

Mumbai, May 30 (IBNS) Th Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena, on Monday, demanded that action must be taken up against stand-up comedian Tanmay Bhat for his video allegedly mocking Sachin and Lata Mangeshkar, according to media reports.

Comedy group AIB's Tanmay Bhat is said to have posted a video on Facebook titled Sachin vs Lata Civil War, on May 23, where he allegedly mocked both cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and singing legend, Lata Mangeshkar.

Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navanirman Sena has reportedly filed a police complaint against Tanmay Bhat.

Tweeted actor Riteish Deshmukh, "Am absolutely shocked. Disrespect is not cool and neither is it funny."

Veteran actor Anupam Kher tweeted, "I am 9 times winner of #BestComicActor. Have a great sense of humor. But This's NOT humor. #Disgusting&Disrespectful."

Image: Tanmay Bhat Twitter

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