Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has distanced himself from a video uploaded on Youtube that gives an impression that the Bollywood star has praised Gujarat Chief Narendra Modi and endorsed him as the next Prime Minister of India.
The superstar tweeted: “FAKE !! FAKE !! FAKE !!! APPALLED AND ANGERED BY THIS ILLEGAL ACT ON ME .. PUTTING IT UP NOW, DO READ AND SEE AND CONDEMN .. !!!”
Giving his side of the story, Bachchan, who is the brand ambassador of Gujarat Tourism, said that a voiceover done by him in 2007 was used and some visuals were added to make it seem that he was praising the BJP leader.
“DEAR ALL … FAKE VIDEO CIRCULATION .. In the year 2007, I did a ‘Lead India’ campaign for the The Times of India, where we talked of the glorification of the country and India ! SOMEBODY has made a fake video by using my voice and text of what I spoke in the original, and falsely and mischievously, interspersed it with visuals which indicate a campaign for the promotion of the Hon Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi !!” Bachchan wrote.
“I wish to state that this is an illegal act, inviting strong action, one that I am appalled by, and one that has no concurrence from me at all. I have brought this to the notice of the concerned authorities, and asked my Digital Team to find out its origin so that we can initiate action against the perpetrator,” he added.
“This is a blatant misuse and infringement of the Copyright Act, and needs to be condemned by all those that become a part of this platform. Infuriated and angered !!”
Coming to Bachchan’s defence, Modi today morning tweeted: “Agree with @SrBachchan . The author of the fake video should take action immediately and apologize to Amitabh ji.”
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