Arshad Warsi deletes Golmaal meme on Russia-Ukraine war after severe backlash
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Arshad Warsi took to Twitter to share a Golmaal meme on Russia-Ukraine war, which was criticised by people. The actor later took down his tweet.
Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday, February 24. Ukrainian forces are battling Russian invaders on three sides after Moscow unleashed the biggest attack on the country, which prompted tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi shared a Golmaal meme on the situation, which received severe backlash.
Many Bollywood celebrities took to social media to voice their opinion on the Russia-Ukraine war. Actor Arshad Warsi also took to Twitter to share a Golmaal meme on the war, which did not go down well with the netizens. They criticised the actor for his 'insensitive' tweet.
On February 24, Arshad Warsi shared a Golmaal meme. The clip featured him along with Ajay Devgn, Sharman Joshi, Mukesh Tiwari, Tusshar Kapoor and Rimi Sen. In the meme, the characters were marked as America, Russia, Ukraine, and rebel-held sections of Ukraine. He captioned it, "Self-explanatory, Golmaal was a movie that was extraordinarily forward of its time (sic)." However, he later deleted the tweet after backlash.
The meme irked the netizens and they lashed out at Arshad Warsi for being ‘insensitive’.
A Twitter user wrote, "I get the comedy... the references but again this is no drill.. this is real time. There's a war going on somewhere out there (sic)."
I get the comedy... the references but again this is no drill.. this is real time. There's a war going on somewhere out there
Another user commented, "Sorry to say, but not expected, this from you, this is not funny at all, there are so many innocent lives in danger we should pray for them rather than make funny memes on them very disappointed (sic)."
