Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor passed away yesterday at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness.
The veteran actor was part of the most iconic films of Bollywood such as Deewaar, Kabhie Kabhie and Shaan. The news of his demise has not just prompted tributes from India but from all over the world.
BBC News at 10 also paid a tribute to Shashi Kapoor while covering his death, but they messed up by using a footage of Amitabh Bachchan followed by Rishi Kapoor from the movie Kabhie Kabhie. Note that Shashi Kapoor was also a part of the movie but BBC was ignorant enough to use the right clip! They didn’t use his image even once throughout the segment.
The clip soon made its way to Twitter and this is how people responded.
Hang on @bbcnews Shashi Kapoor has died not Amitabh Bachan or Rishi Kapoor, who you’ve weirdly used to illustrate the story. pic.twitter.com/48jo6DGjU6
— Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) December 4, 2017
Shocking to note @BBC insults a veteran actor Shashi Kapoor by showing clips of @SrBachchan & @chintskap whilst reporting his death today!!!@BBC must apologize!!! Clearly they have no clue.
RIP Shashi Kapoor ??? pic.twitter.com/XMT4QJCy53
— GABBAR (@Gabbar_food) December 4, 2017
@paulroyall I hope you now have a photograph of the real Shashi Kapoor? Poor man can’t even rest in peace because the BBC credited another ‘brown person ‘ with his work. #NotTheSame
— Graeme (@Lurganexile) December 4, 2017
News editor Paul Royal later apologized for the gaffe and said it was not up to the usual standards of BBC.
#BBCNewsTen is very sorry wrong images were used to mark the death of Shashi Kapoor. Not our usual standards and I apologise for any upset.
— Paul Royall (@paulroyall) December 4, 2017
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