All you need to know about the controversy Tanmay Bhat's video stoked

What started out as a joke by Mumbaibased comedian Tanmay Bhat has miserably backfired with Twitterverse Bollywood celebs politicians and the general public upinarms against him for insulting Bharat Ratna awardees Sachin Tendulkar and Lata MangeshkarNow the Mumbai police has initiated a probe on a complaint against Bhats video The video that has a mock conversation between Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar has sparked a massive outrage with the Shiv Sena BJP and MNS on Monday demanding action against him and AIBTanmay BhatThe inquiry is underway against Bhat on a complaint by Raj Thackerays Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS which has also threatened to beat him up Read moreThe video sees the comedian superimposing the faces of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and musical legend Lata Mangeshkar using Snapchats unique faceswap feature The faceswappedrsquo Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar are seen arguing oveer whether Virat Kohli is better than the Master Blaster Tanmay mimics both jibes the 86yearold melody queen and the 43yearold cricketing legend and also throws Vinod Kambli into the mix for good measureAlso ReadTwitterati roast Tanmay Bhat for mocking Sachin Lata MangeshkarBollywood has also reacted sharply to the comedians portrayal of the music and cricket icons with many actors slamming the video made by a member of online comedy group AIB saying it is in poor taste Titled Sachin vs Lata Civil War Tanmay in a videoposted on Facebook on May 26 took jibes at the 86yearold melody queen and the 43yearold cricketing legendTaking strong exception to the video the Shiv Sena asked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to take stringent action against AIB and Bhat for allegedly seeking to vitiate social harmony by mocking the national legendsSena leader Neelam Gorhe wrote to Fadnavis seeking action against those behind the video which she said was made by people with deranged mentality Such people try to misuse the popularity of icons like Sachin and Lata tai for their own publicity said GorheI have also written to Mumbai Police Commissioner seeking action against Tanmay Bhat and AIB she saidAlso ReadBollywood lashes out at AIBs Tanmay Bhat for video insulting Lata SachinMumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar said he has spoken to the Police Commissioner and sought action against Bhat and AIBIn its complaint MNS demanded that the video uploaded by him be removed immediately DCP Operations Sangramsingh Nishandar said the inquiry is being conducted by special branch of the city policeAlso ReadTanmay Bhats statement on his controversial video mocking Lata Sachin is just not funnyThe inquiry was initiated after Shelar complained about the issue to city Police Chief Datta PadsalgikarSeeing nothing wrong with the comedy video Bhat in a statement asked those viewers who liked it to email their views to him at a particular ID stating what they likedIn a couple of tweets which he deleted later the comedian even reached out to his detractors Roast wale din yaad aa gaye by god It reminds me of our AIB roast days Bharat mata ki jai he saidBhat started trending on Twitter with the social media slamming the comedian for his tasteless jokesHappened to watch a part of a desperate and shameful attempt to be funny by a wannabe comedian on sachin_rt ji and mangeshkarlata ji ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0091AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u008emdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray May 28 2016Police case should be filed against AIB for insulting sachin_rt amp mangeshkarlata MumbaiPolice AIBInsultsBharatRatansmdash Rahul Mahajan TheRahulMahajan May 30 2016I am 9 times winner of BestComicActor Have a great sense of humor But Thiss NOT humor DisgustingampDisrespectful httpstcosTuTfbAOrUmdash Anupam Kher AnupamPkher May 29 2016Censor Board member Ashoke Pandit tweetedThe video by thetanmay is a classic example of CulturalTerrorism in the name of humour amp FOE TanmayRoastedmdash Ashoke Pandit ashokepandit May 30 2016Its nt only abt mangeshkarlata ampsachin_rt but dignity of every common man which shld b prtctd by these so called Jokers like thetanmaymdash Ashoke Pandit ashokepandit May 30 2016Author Chetan Bhagat wroteYou cannot arrest people for making jokes Even if the jokes are bad Reallymdash Chetan Bhagat chetan_bhagat May 30 2016To speak about any woman wth such indignity is a sin amp this is Lata Mangeshkar Hope Karma doesnt do d same to their own Mothers Prayersmdash Sonu Nigam sonunigam May 29 2016Music composer Vishal Dadlani of VishalShekhar fame said the glory of both Tendulkar and Mangeshkar will not be lessened by a rude joke Its OK its all good Sachin is a legend and Lata Mangeshkar is a Goddess Their glory isnt gonna be lessenedby a rude joke Calm down he tweetedAIB is known for its irreverent comedy and was caught in a massive controversy over an expletiveladen roast of actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor and filmmaker Karan Johar in December 2014With agency inputs