AIB Knockout: Salman Khan threatened to ‘roast’ AIB team over Arpita Khan joke
Much has been said about the All India Bakchod’s first ever roast that was conducted live in Mumbai. Titled The AIB Knockout – The Roast of Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, the roast has found many followers. But most Indians, young and old, have found it highly offensive. And among the ones offended are Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor, and that too, for jokes made on their family by the AIB team.
The AIB Knockout in Mumbai has been trending for the last few days and garnered unnecessary attention. The live event, filled with cuss words and dirty gestures, has now caught the attention of the Maharashtra government who is about to file a complaint with the Mumbai police.But what you saw was only the edited version of the much hyped roast. The AIB Knockout was allegedly forced to edit out more offensive and vulgar stuff, including jokes made on Salman Khan’s just-married sister Arpita Khan Sharma. Well, since the roast was on Arjun Kapoor, jokes were expected on his family who has some veterans from the industry. There were some gags on Arjun’s father Boney Kapoor and stepmom Sridevi, and also his cousin Sonam Kapoor and uncle Anil Kapoor. Arpita Khan was roasted because she had dated Arjun Kapoor in the past, and it was Salman who urged Arjun to lose weight and enter filmdom.
Salman Khan, being the Bhai of Bollywood that he is, apparently threatened to ‘roast’ the AIB team over the Arpita Khan jokes if they didn’t edit it out. We totally support Salman in this stand of his. And if this actually occurred, we wonder where were the b***s of the AIB guys, who got mowed down by a Bollywood superstar and edited out the Arpita jokes!
What bothers is even more is that the AIB Knockout roast video was made freely available on YouTube without an adult rating, which they have inserted now after the Maharashtra government objected to the content. Where were the people harping about censorship then? Enjoying the AIB videos?
AIB roast: Police complaint lodged against Bollywood stars for filthy language
Police have initiated an inquiry into a complaint against filmmaker Karan Johar, actor Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, which alleged that the trio had used "filthy and abusive language" on a show.
According to the written complaint by Akhilesh Tiwari, in Mumbai, filed at Sakinaka police station today, the trio, along with other performers allegedly passed abusive and offensive remarks against one another and even at the audience during an episode of the AIB Knockout, a comedy show, police said.
The episode, which was uploaded on YouTube and other websites last week, has gone viral.
In his four-page complaint at Sakinaka police station, Tiwari sought a criminal complaint against Johar, Kapoor and Singh as well as the show organiser, among others.
"I have handed over a letter to Sakinaka police demanding a criminal complaint be lodged against these so-called youth icons Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh. The show, which can be seen on YouTube and other websites, was extremely abusive and it is not only ruining the clean image of the Indian culture & women, but is also misleading today's youth," said Tiwari.
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The 43-year-old complainant claimed that the programme was organised in south Mumbai on December 20 and was uploaded on websites last week. "I sought action against the event organisers and other performers as well, who passed dirty comments with such audacity. The police action would be a deterrent to them so that they would not dare to do such acts publicly in future," he said.
Prasanna More, senior inspector at Sakinaka police station, told PTI "we have received the written complaint. We are inquiring into the matter. Once we reach a conclusion, appropriate action would be initiated, if required."
The show started off with Karan Johar announcing, "let the filth begin."
Other performers had cracked jokes at audience that included actors Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha and Alia Bhatt, the complaint said.
Maharashtra government has ordered an inquiry into the three-part AIB Knockout videos.
"Officials of the culture department will examine the videos for the content. If found vulgar, further action will be initiated," cultural affairs minister
"Officials of the culture department will examine the videos for the content. If found vulgar, further action will be initiated," cultural affairs minister Vinod Tawde said.
