(Image source from: Fake You Tube video irks Big B)
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is very, very miffed and why! Apparently, the “angry” old man is outraged over a fake You Tube video that is doing rounds these days.
The video, which has already gone viral on the Internet, shows Amitabh pitch in favor of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister of India.
Lashing out at it, Bachchan retorted in his tweet, “FAKE !! FAKE !! FAKE !!! APPALLED AND ANGERED BY THIS ILLEGAL ACT ON ME .. PUTTING IT UP NOW, DO READ AND SEE AND CONDEMN .. !!!"
In his next tweet, he came upfront on the issue.
Bachchan explained how someone has blatantly duplicated his voice-over and exposition that he provided for the 'Lead India' campaign video in 2007 and falsely interspersed it with visuals to create a clip which shows him batting in favor of Modi as the next PM. The video was apparently uploaded from a YouTube account named 'Jitega Bharat'. This is the first video to be uploaded from the account.
"DEAR ALL ... FAKE VIDEO CIRCULATION ... In the year 2007, I did a Lead India campaign for The Times of India, where we talked of the glorification of the country and India," he wrote.
"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!!"
The actor added that he had alerted authorities about the video and would initiate action against the person who had created the fake and uploaded it on YouTube.
"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. 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," he wrote. "(I am) infuriated and angered."
The actor's tweet generated humungous response from his Twitter as well as YouTube fans who booed down the fake video. His tweets about the video were retweeted several hundred times.
On YouTube too, his fans have down-voted the video and commented that the video be removed by YouTube.
The actor seemed pleased with response. In the last tweet for the day Bachchan wrote, "Thank you all my Ef Sena !! Off to bed .. travel tomorrow !!"
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