Sambhavna Seth's Casteist Video Controversy : All You Need to Know

Sambhavna Seth's Racist Video: Actor and former Bigg Boss contestant, Sambhavna Seth and her husband Avinash were seen allegedly mocking and deprecating the language of their Adivasi domestic help in one of their video blogs. 

The actor  shared a video on her social media handle along with her husband Avinash Dwivedi in which they affronted their domestic help as they made fun of her language. However, due to the massive backlash on the internet the couple took to their instagram in order to apologise for their insensitive and racist behaviour.

1. Sambhavna Seth Mocks House Help

The TV actor Sambhavna Seth has managed to draw attention for her casteist behaviour against her domestic help along with her husband as the couple was seen laughing and mocking their domestic help's language as they openly called it an 'ajeeb language', and proceeded to make fun of the pronunciation of her hometown as well. The couple is being criticised for their alleged casteist behaviour. 

2. Netizens Backlash The Couple

The couple faced extreme backlash after their video shared by an Instagram page for the Adivasi community with a long caption calling out the couple for their act. Netizens urged for the actress and her husband to be put behind bars. "Shouldn't they be booked under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989?" a user asked. "This is so sick!!! And highly insensitive," another user commented.

3. Sambahvna Seth Pens Apology For The Video

Following intense criticism and enraged schooling from people online, the couple removed the video and posted an apology on Instagram. In the apology video, the couple claims that their intentions in the video were not malicious and they didn't realize the intensity of their racist behavior. But it's 2021, and the kind of video they made was like humour in a 90s school classroom - basic, ignorant, and mean-spirited.

 

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4. Rakhi Sawant's Pleading Comment

Sawant asked the netizens to forgive the couple as she writes "Please everyone maaf kardo."

5. People Can't Assert To Be Ignorant Anymore

Witnessing big names using casteist slurs is very problematic as such personalities are expected to influence their followers in a positive light. People can't assert to be ignorant anymore as there has been massive awareness through various media platforms and campaigns highlighting the condition of the minority communities.