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Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor are all the same to the BBC
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Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor are all the same to the BBC

It's painfully obvious that the BBC can't tell brown people apart
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05 Dec, 2017

As news broke of the passing of Bollywood legend Shashi Kapoor, media around the world rushed to pay tribute to the late actor.

The actor's illustrious career is known to many; Deewar, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Aa Gale Lag Jaa are just some of his best titles.

But the BBC clearly isn't up to speed with Bollywood trivia.

In a video tribute to the actor on the evening news, the TV channel extolled Shashi's accomplishments while playing clips of Amitabh Bachchan from Kabhi Kabhi and Rishi Kapoor.

Don't believe us? See it for yourself:

Many think the mix-up is inexcusable:

The BBC News At Ten editor Paul Royall has since apologised for the blunder:

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Kharji Dec 05, 2017 06:36pm
Clearly, they are not smitten with Bollywood.
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Aamer Dec 05, 2017 06:54pm
At least BBC is trying to be nice, be greatful.
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N abidi Dec 05, 2017 07:40pm
To white all brown people look a like. So BW using filters to make dusky artists fair ,not working, time to gonback to non filter filiming. Thus the fairness complex will stop messing up dusky Indians, insecurities ! BW needs to stop with love of fair skin,as the only symbol of beauty!
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SPEAK_TRUTH Dec 05, 2017 09:31pm
Clearly, Bollywood is not the center of the Universe.
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Jawwad Dec 05, 2017 09:51pm
Shahsi Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor are brown people? Does BBC or Dawn even know their ancestry? Living in sub-continent does not make you automatically brown.
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Lalit Rajput Dec 05, 2017 10:37pm
@N abidi In a nut shell, a sad day. Shashi sahaab was an adonis. Very few people know a hint about handsome.
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Taimoor Dec 05, 2017 11:03pm
@Kharji if they weren't, they wouldn't report it.
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Saba Dec 05, 2017 11:05pm
@Jawwad Middle Eastern nations, South asian subcontinent are known as brown people.
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Ahmed Usman Dec 05, 2017 11:35pm
Even if they just googled his name they could have got right man.
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Imran ali Dec 05, 2017 11:41pm
Another brown face! They all the same
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Yash Dec 06, 2017 04:45am
Who cares about BBC.Shashi Kapoore was in the harts and minds of millions of people. BBC does not have an equivalent to Shashi.Shashi RIP.
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khan Dec 06, 2017 07:18am
Mita Morris...Rishi Kapoor is not Shashi's brother. He is his nephew
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Raheel jamil Dec 06, 2017 07:21am
Hahahaa that's not fair but there us always next to cope with ur mistakes
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skumar Dec 06, 2017 08:59am
if someone can miss the most handsome man ever seen - shashi kapoor , then it can be BBC only !! not surprised . !!
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MAK Dec 06, 2017 09:04am
Mita Moris: Rishi Kapoor is NOT Shashi Kapoor's 'brother'.. Rishi Kapoor is Raj Kapoor's son Who happens to be Shashi Kapoor's older brother, that makes Rishi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor's nephew.
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WITIAN Dec 06, 2017 09:15am
The ignorance of BBC is amazing! After all, Shashi Kapoor was one of the actors of Shakespeareana, a group of artists who exclusively showed plays of Shakespeare. It is while working with this group he met the love of his life, Jennifer Kendal, who later married Shashi Kapoor, and became Jennifer Kapoor.
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CRICKET-ONE Dec 06, 2017 09:41am
@Jawwad Please check your sources again. Living in the subcontinent, definitely does not make one brown, but ancestry does. Check their ancestors again.
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MUZAFFAR QURESHI Dec 06, 2017 09:46am
Re: BBC's coverage of Shashi Kapoor's demise which has made ALL his admirers very sad indeed. Coming back to BBC's coverage of the news, it is regretable. Since, howeve r, Paul Royall has apologised for the mishap there is no point in much ado about this. One aspect of the matter, however, is that many a news which we take for granted, may be equally in doubt!
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NARENDRA KULKARNI Dec 06, 2017 10:41am
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RACISM AND COLONIALISM
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SATT Dec 06, 2017 10:48am
British have old habit of mocking Indians.We Indians are used to it.
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Haramullah Dec 06, 2017 11:02am
No need to get upset. Simply ignore it. It shows their way of informing the people, that how much they research before airing the information. But we must be more update about everything.
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Anya Dec 06, 2017 12:15pm
@Jawwad Being brown is not an insult. Please don't let complexes get in the way. Just because they're 'light brown' or 'peach brown' doesn't mean they're not brown lol. Its like a race. South Asian. Come on.
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