Comedian
Kunal
Kamra
has
been
banned
from
a
number
of
flights,
including
IndiGo,
Air
India
and
Spice
Jet,
after
he
heckled
Republic
TV
owner
Arnab
Goswami
on
a
flight
to
Lucknow
on
January
28,
2020.
Internet
is
divided
in
its
response
to
both
the
heckling
incident,
as
well
as
Kamra's
ban
from
flights.
Filmmaker
Hansal
Mehta
took
to
Twitter
to
express
that
while
he
thought
Kamra's
action
was
'uncool',
it
became
a
necessity
to
throw
light
on
increasing
authoritarianism
in
the
country.
Hansal
Mehta
at
first
had
mixed
emotions
towards
the
incident
as
he
tweeted,
"I
did
not
like
the
way
@kunalkamra88
heckled
Arnab
on
a
flight.
I
felt
it
was
unnecessary
and
uncool
coming
from
someone
who
usually
criticizes
with
such
sharp
wit.
But
seeing
the
even
more
uncool
response
by
airlines
(with
govt
blessings)
to
his
behavior
I
have
mixed
feelings...,"
(sic).
I
did
not
like
the
way
@kunalkamra88
heckled
Arnab
on
a
flight.
I
felt
it
was
unnecessary
and
uncool
coming
from
someone
who
usually
criticizes
with
such
sharp
wit.
But
seeing
the
even
more
uncool
response
by
airlines
(with
govt
blessings)
to
his
behavior
I
have
mixed
feelings...
In
another
tweet
he
wrote,
"LaterI
used
to
know
Arnab
earlier
-
not
exactly
a
friend
but
as
someone
passionate
about
news
and
debate.
It
is
sad
to
see
him
becoming
a
preposterous,
partisan
and
obnoxious
servant
of
a
dictatorial
establishment.
He
symbolises
the
mostly
comatose
state
of
tv
journalism
in
India,"
(sic).
Later
on,
when
many
flights
decided
to
ban
Kamra,
Hansal
Mehta
tweeted,
"Kunal
Kamra's
act
now
seems
almost
like
the
only
option
to
expose
an
establishment
and
its
stooges.
He
called
Arnab
out
in
a
very
crude
way
and
the
response
was
a
vulgar
show
of
authoritarianism.
Kamra's
protest
still
does
not
feel
right
to
me
but
i
almost
feel
it
was
necessary,"
(sic).
I
used
to
know
Arnab
earlier
-
not
exactly
a
friend
but
as
someone
passionate
about
news
and
debate.
It
is
sad
to
see
him
becoming
a
preposterous,
partisan
and
obnoxious
servant
of
a
dictatorial
establishment.
He
symbolises
the
mostly
comatose
state
of
tv
journalism
in
India.
Kunal
Kamra
had
posted
the
video
of
him
heckling
Arnab
Goswami
on
Twitter,
explaining
that
he
did
that
in
response
to
Goswami's
style
of
journalism
which
has
been
much
criticized.