AIB roast row: Ranveer, Arjun to face ban

  • IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,February 04 2015]

The AIB roast has taken the tinsel town by storm. After the video 'The Roast' organized by a group of stand-up comedians called All India Bakchod (AIB), poked fun at the roastees - Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, and was hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar.

The video, which went viral on the online video sharing platform since being posted Jan 28, was pulled out yesterday night following the Maharashtra government's warning to probe the matter.

The Maharashtra government initiated a probe into allegations of "abusive and filthy" language used by Bollywood personalities in it.

The official Twitter handle of AIB posted: "Have taken down AIB Knockout for now. We will speak soon." The Roast faced complaints on the below-the-belt content of the programme forcing Education and Culture Minister Vinod Tawade ordering a probe.

Minister Tawade in a statement has said "The Culture Department officials will examine the videos' content and if found vulgar, action would be initiated,"

Following this The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena jumped into the fire and has demanded an apology from all the persons involved in the AIB Roast, and said that it would not allow Johar, Arjun and Ranveer's movies to be screened if they do not apologies.

AIB Roast is a charity event which took place here in December 2014. A collection of over Rs.4 million was raised via the two-hour comic event, The negative reactions to the AIB Roast's humour has left a majority of Hindi film celebrities upset, and they have taken to Twitter to laugh off the matter.

Actress Sandhya Mridul wrote: "Chalo #AIBRoast off You tube. Sab khush? Now let's start scrutinising and punishing all those who use bad words. EVERYONE. ANYWHERE. ANYTIME."

Screenwriter Milap Zaveri posted: "Corruption, poverty, illiteracy, there r enough serious issues to tackle. Why target laughter? #AIBRoast n @AllIndiaBakchod we stand by you." Another actress, Shruti Seth said "if the organisers of #AIBRoast flouted any rules, how were they allowed to perform."

"So the authorities were complicit in this 'vulgar' act? Don't let the moral police win. Next they'll come after our thoughts. #AIBRoast must be allowed back on YouTube (sic)," Shruti shared with her fans on the micro-blogging website.

Writer Chetan Bhagat said, government "will also need to probe every college hostel in this country".

The AIB Roast show was attended by actresses like Sonakshi Sinha, Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt.

More News

Ali Fazal - Mahesh Bhatt's current favourite

Mahesh Bhatt who is otherwise is seen as a very private person seem to have welcomed Ali with open arms to the Bhatt clan. Ali Fazal was introduced to the legendary Mahesh Bhatt during the casting process of 'Khamoshiyan' and ever since then the two have shared a great working relationship which soon turned into a personal rapport where the two got along through conversations about the world, curr

Rani Mukerji addresses the Prince Charles Foundation Fundraiser Dinner as the Guest of Honour

Rani Mukerji made a short speech at the British Asian Trust Fundraiser Dinner where she was invited to be the Guest of Honour. Rani, who has impressed everyone with her stellar performance in her latest film Mardaani that addressed the issue of child trafficking and created awareness on the subject in India, took the stage along with Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi to speak on the issue which is

Filmmaker R. Balki believes in entertaining films over Oscar Awards

Oscar Awards for Indians have remain a tasteless event ever since 1957 when eminent filmmaker Mehboob Khan's MOTHER INDIA was declined the honour to Mani Ratnam's Kamal Haasan starrer NAYAKAN to Amir Khan's masterpiece LAGAAN, for which Aamir Khan made all out attempt to grab the golden statue, but in vain. Nevertheless the obsession for Oscar Awards among the Indian film industry never ceases.

Amitabh Bachchan takes over Aamir Khan in Marketing

There’s no doubt that Star of Millennium Amitabh Bachchan is a better actor than Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan but when it comes to marketing a movie than surely Aamir Khan has an upper hand.

Anushka Sharma's 'NH 10' First Look is Here!

The First Look of Eros International' upcoming venture 'NH 10' is out! Here's a silhouette shot of the leading lady and also co-producer Anushka Sharma.