Kaun Banega Crorepati, the popular TV show, found itself at the receiving end of sharp barbs from Twitter users after referring to Maratha ruler 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj' as just 'Shivaji' in a question posed to one of the contestants.
The controversy erupted when a question was asked in the show about the contemporaries of Aurangzeb.
The options listed were:
Maharana Pratap, Rana Sanga, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and Shivaji.
If omitting the title 'Chhatrapati' was not enough, to add insult to injury, the show had listed the names of all the other rulers with their respective titles, such as 'Maharana' Pratap, 'Maharana' Ranjit Singh, and 'Rana' Sanga. Moreover, the Mughal ruler in question,was referred to as the "emperor", making the lack of a title for Shivaji even more insulting.
Disgruntled, they took to the microblogging platform to vent their anger and shortly after, the '#Boycott_KBC_SonyTV' started trending.
The channel issued an apology on the KBC episode aired on November 7.
"There was an inaccurate reference to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj during yesterday’s episode, due to inadvertence. We deeply regret the same," it ran a ticker.
They also tweeted:
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