Stand-up comedian Tanmay Bhat’s latest video, in which he has mocked veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, was in the eye of the storm on Monday.
Stand-up comedian Tanmay Bhat’s latest video, in which he has mocked veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, was in the eye of the storm on Monday.
While political parties — the BJP, Shiv Sena and the MNS — sought criminal action against the comedian for posting the video on social networking sites, the police was undecided on what action could be taken over the video.
DCP (operations) Sangramsingh Nishandar said that the police had sought a legal opinion on the matter. “We have received two complaints from the MNS Chitrapat Sena and BJP. We have also communicated to Facebook and YouTube to block the video in question,” Mr Nishandar said. Titled “Sachin v/s Lata Civil War”, Mr Bhat, in a video posted on Facebook on May 26, took jibes at the 86-year-old melody queen and the 43-year-old cricketing legend.
Using a Snapchat face swap filter, we first see Tanmay imitating Sachin and hurling swears at Virat Kohli and then we see Tanmay taking a dig at Lata.
