In 2014, ‘Youngistaan’ actor Jackky Bhagnani committed a major faux pas when he took to Twitter to congratulate Pakistani social activist, Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel peace Prize, posting her name as ‘masala’ instead of Malala. Though Jackky later deleted his tweet, the damage was already done. The post went viral with the Twitterati poking fun at the actor, thanks to auto correct. [related-post] Jackky Bhagnani later rectified his mistake. And on September 8, 2015, Jackky Bhagnani shared a picture on social media from London, informing fans that he was in town to meet someone special. I am here in London to meet a special person, someone who inspires me tremendously Guess who am I meeting?#StayTuned pic.twitter.com/ip9GCMIrtQ — Jackky Bhagnani (@jackkybhagnani) September 8, 2015 And we can all guess who that someone special is! Jackky posted a picture with Malala, captioning it, ‘From a mistake to a dream meeting!’ From a mistake to a dream meeting! To my hero, thank you #Malala @ZiauddinY pic.twitter.com/Zf7xihhGQ2 — Jackky Bhagnani (@jackkybhagnani) September 10, 2015 Accompanying Malala, were her parents Tor Pekai and Ziauddin Yousafzai. No family upholds the message of #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao better than @ZiauddinY & #Malala @PMOIndia @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/wIQpRQza5a — Jackky Bhagnani (@jackkybhagnani) September 10, 2015 Even after the whole 'masala' episode had died down, Jackky still felt responsible for making light of the whole issue and reducing the importance of the young girl’s achievement. And, on Malala’s 18th birthday (July 12), Jaccky found a way to make it up to the her with a heartfelt video titled, ‘Happy Birthday Malala | Ye Malala Ke Baare Mein Hai, masala ke baare mein nahi!’ The video featured Jackky accepting his mistake and teaching little children about Malala’s contribution to education. And it is thanks to this video that Jackky got to meet Malala. Malala's team came across the birthday tribute and brought it to her notice. She later connected with Jackky, expressing her appreciation for the video.
