AIB Knockout: Censor Board member Ashoke Pandit ‘roasts’ a controversy, targets Karan Johar
Ashoke Pandit has triggered a controversy after he posted a tweet slamming the AIB Knockout YouTube video featuring film producer Karan Johar and many others from the industry.
Filmmaker and activist Ashoke Pandit has triggered a controversy after he posted a tweet slamming the AIB Knockout YouTube video featuring film producer Karan Johar and many others from the industry.
The viral AIB video which has Karan Johar as the ‘Roastmaster’ subjects Gundey actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor to all kind of jokes on their professional and personal life. The event was attended by 4000 people.
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But Pandit’s reaction on Twitter where he mentioned Karan Johar’s mother has the twitteratti taking him on for this ‘vulgar’ post. Interestingly, Ashoke Pandit has been appointed a member of the newly constituted Film Censor Board.
Wali Ahmad is Editor (Operations) of indianexpress.com. He writes on politics and occasionally curates the weekly column The Urdu Press. Wali has extensively covered the Seemanchal region on the borders of Bihar and West Bengal. He joined The Indian Express in 2013, and has been responsible for news operations on indianexpress.com. In over 15 years of online journalism, Wali has covered all the major national and international news events, including three Lok Sabha elections. He holds a Master's degree in journalism from the Aligarah Muslim University. He has previously worked with HindustanTimes.Com, NDTV.Com, Indiatoday.in.
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