Kaun Banega Crorepati 11 KBC is facing criticism online after the show referred to Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as just Shivaji in a question during a recent telecast.
For those who don’t know, the question was ‘Which of these rulers was the contemporary of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb?’ and the options were Maharana Pratap, Rana Sanga, Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Shivaji.
This has hurt the sentiments of many and some even took to Twitter to express their views using ‘#Boycott_KBC_SonyTV’ hashtag.
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#Boycott_KBC_SonyTv
Chathrapathi shivaji maharaj is proud of our nation, media should stop insulting Hindu kings pic.twitter.com/cK2TbKM0Ih— Suchithra Prabhu (@PrabhuSuchithra) November 8, 2019
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Butcher Aurangzeb is Mughal "Samrat" for them but Shivaji is not "Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj" Shame on you guys. #Boycott_KBC_SonyTv https://t.co/WWALjbkeH3
— Squirrel of Ram 🇮🇳🚩 (@yagsi_p) November 8, 2019
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Mughal invader Aurangzeb glorified as emperor while Shivaji Maharaj given no respect😡
Height of nonsense!#Boycott_KBC_SonyTv
Clear #Hindu phobia & hatred by @SonyTV?
Shocked to hear this @SrBachchan pic.twitter.com/t8fLt8ALLA— Mohini Kulkarni (@MohiniKulkarn10) November 8, 2019
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#Boycott_KBC_SonyTv I was a big fan of @SrBachchan and regular viewer of @SonyTV but not anymore…
You are not bigger than Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj pic.twitter.com/c9RVy5Iiq9 pic.twitter.com/tIF5TqmsWM— Gurucharan seva (@NidhivanK) November 8, 2019
Seeing this, even Sony TV has an apology and expressed regret about the mistake. “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. #KBC11,” tweeted Sony TV.
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. #KBC11 pic.twitter.com/FLtSAt9HuN
— sonytv (@SonyTV) November 8, 2019
