Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui not too long ago made news when he featured in a comfortable drink commercial for the model Sprite. A case was additionally filed towards him and the CEO of the Indian division of Coca Cola for allegedly ‘hurting sentiments’ of the Bengali group. Breaking silence over the matter, Nawazuddin in a current interview with Hindustan Times got here out in assist of the group.
Following the objection, Sprite India issued a press release, apologising for ‘unintentionally’ hurting the group. Nawazuddin who shall be subsequent seen within the movie Jogi Sara Ra Ra, stated, “They apologised, right? What more can I say?”
“It’s good to ensure that no person or community should be hurt. That was a dubbing. I had no dialogue. I see it as a good thing that the makers took it in a good way and apologised. The fact is no one should be hurt,” he briefly added.
While the model confronted no drawback with its Hindi advert, the Bengali dubbing created controversy. The advert was initially shot in Hindi and promoted a brand new characteristic of the drink bottle the place consumers can scan a given QR code to take heed to jokes.
The clip starred Nawazuddin laughing at one of many jokes. In the Bengali one, the joke was ‘shoja anguley ghee na uthley, Bangali khali petey ghumiye porey’. The actually translation of the joke—if Bengalis don’t get something simply, they like sleeping hungry. This didn’t go nicely down with many locally.
Advocate Dibyayan Banerji who filed the grievance, known as it a ‘shallow act and gimmicks’ earlier than the Calcutta High Court. The advert has been pulled down from TV and social media platforms. The firm in a written be aware emphasised respecting the Bengali language as nicely.
Nawazuddin was final seen in Afwaah, by Sudhir Mishra. While his subsequent launch in Jogi Sara Ra Ra with Neha Sharma, he has a number of movies lined up within the pipeline. Adbhut, Tiku Weds Sheru, Noorani Chehra, Bole Chudiyan and Haddi are a few of them that are slated to launch again to again this yr.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com