Amitabh Bachchan’s cybercrime caller tune is finally going away after all the trolling

Amitabh Bachchan

If you’ve been annoyed hearing Amitabh Bachchan’s cybercrime warning every time you made a phone call,well, here’s some news. That caller tune is finally being removed starting Thursday, according to a report by NDTV.

The message was part of a government campaign to create awareness about rising cyber fraud cases. While the intention was good, let’s be honest, people were getting pretty frustrated, especially when it popped up during emergency calls and delayed connections.

And things really blew up online when Bachchan started getting trolled for it. Someone cheekily commented on his post saying, “Toh phone pe bolna band kro bhai” (Then stop saying it on the phone). Big B, being his savage self, shot back with, “Sarkar ko bolo bhai, unhone jo kaha humne kar diya”  basically saying, “Blame the government, I was just doing what they asked.”

Another person took a jab at his age, and Bachchan wasn’t having it. He clapped back saying, “Jo satha, woh patha” — a polite way of reminding them that “With age comes wisdom.”

This isn’t the first time he’s been dragged for a caller tune. Remember the COVID warning? That one also got him a fair bit of heat — even a PIL was filed back then asking for it to be removed.

Either way, it’s official. The cybercrime caller tune is going away. Peace (and silence) has finally been restored to our phone calls.