Kaun Banega Crorepati 11: Sony TV Issues Apology For Inaccurate Reference To Chhatrapati Shivaji
A question on Kaun Banega Crorepati irked viewers as it referred to 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj' as 'Shivaji'. Now, Sony TV has issued an apology for the inaccurate reference to Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Recently,
Sony
TV
and
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
11
makers
were
slammed
by
netizens
for
referring
to
'Chhatrapati
Shivaji
Maharaj'
as
'Shivaji'
and
'Mughals'
as
'Samrat'
in
one
of
the
questions.
They
demanded
a
ban
on
KBC
and
trended
'#Boycott_KBC_SonyTv'
on
Twitter.
Now,
the
channel
has
issued
an
apology
for
the
inaccurate
reference
to
Chhatrapati
Shivaji.
For
the
uninitiated,
the
question
that
got
the
channel
into
trouble
was:
Which
of
these
rulers
was
the
contemporary
of
Mughal
emperor
Aurangazeb?
The
options
given
were
-
Maharana
Pratap,
Rana
Sanga,
Maharaj
Ranjit
Singh
and
Shivaji.
As
soon
as
the
episode
was
aired,
people
slammed
Sony
TV
and
Big
B
for
insulting
Shivaji
by
not
adding
any
prefix
to
his
name,
like
they
did
in
the
other
options.
It
was
also
said
that
Rashtrawadi
Congress
would
be
demonstrating
in
front
of
the
Sony
office
to
demand
an
apology.
But
now,
the
channel
has
shared
a
video
and
captioned
it,
"There
was
an
inaccurate
reference
to
Chhatrapati
Shivaji
Maharaj
during
Wednesday's
KBC
episode,
due
to
inadvertence.
We
deeply
regret
the
same
and
being
mindful
of
the
sentiments
of
our
viewers
have
carried
a
scroll
expressing
regret
during
our
episode
yesterday."
-
(sic)
A
source
close
to
the
show
told
IE,
"It
was
a
human
error.
The
makers
understand
and
accept
the
same.
And
this
is
the
reason
the
apology
was
aired
on
Thursday's
episode.
The
channel
did
not
intend
to
hurt
any
sentiments
and
hopes
the
public
accepts
its
apology."