PM Narendra Modi director Omung Kumar said in a statement that Vivek Oberoi "went the wrong way" in sharing a "crass" meme on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's personal life. The joke may have gone too far, Kumar told PTI ahead of the release of the biopic in which Oberoi plays Modi.

Oberoi was under attack for sharing a meme on Aishwarya with three panels, one with him, another with Salman Khan and a third with her husband Abhishek and daughter Aaradhya on Twitter on Monday. "Haha! creative! No politics here... just life," Oberoi captioned the photo and credited the Twitter account that shared it.