“Roast wale din yaad aa gaye, by god.”
On May 26, All India Bakchod co-founder and comedian Tanmay Bhat uploaded a video to Facebook, from his Snapchat story.
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In the video, Bhat used Snapchat's face-swap filters to simulate a conversation between Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar, featuring the legends dissing one another. It was titled "Sachin vs. Lata Civil War".
Tanmay Bhat
While the video disappeared from his Snapchat in 24 hours (as things do), his Facebook upload of it went hugely viral.
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Tanmay Bhat
Responses to the video ranged from "LMAO" to "WTF". And then Bollywood stepped in.
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Following tweets from Anupam Kher and Riteish Deshmukh, the video gained a wider audience and came under fire from their followers.
This morning, it was reported by several media outlets that Raj Thackeray-run political party, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), has threatened to file an FIR against him.
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Via facebook.com