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Bingo releases statement on advertisement featuring Ranveer Singh that upset SSR fans
A recent statement by the brand has cleared the air around the same and stated that the advertisement was shot more than a year ago in October 2019 and false and mischievous messages are being circulated intentionally and that one shouldn't fall prey to it.
Updated : Nov 19, 2020, 08:51 PM IST | Edited by : Mugdha Kapoor
 "Ranveer Singh | Still from the Bingo advertisement")
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After social media was blazing with negative tweets on chips and snacks brand Bingo's latest advertisement featuring Ranveer Singh which netizens thought was in bad taste and took a dig at late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the company has released a statement saying "a completely false, erroneous and mischievous message is being posted/circulated alleging that an advertisement of Bingo! is making fun of a late Bollywood celebrity."
The full statement of the brand reads as follows:
"A completely false, erroneous and mischievous message is being posted/circulated alleging that an advertisement of Bingo! is making fun of a late Bollywood celebrity.
Such kind of erroneous messages are knowingly spreading falsehoods. We request you to not fall prey to such mischievous posts.
The recent Bingo! advertisement was shot more than a year ago in October 2019. It is being aired this year because of delay in the launch of Bingo! Mad Angles Cheese Nachos and Bingo! Mad Angles Pizza due to the Covid-19 pandemic."
Earlier, Twitter users trended the #BoycottBingo and called out the 'Padmaavat' actor for making fun of the late 'Dil Bechara' star.
Titled ‘Beta aage kya plan hai’, the video showed Ranveer Singh attending a house party when an elder person asks him about his future plans. Soon, several uncles and aunties suggest ideal plans while Ranveer, after having a Bingo chip, utters some scientific terms like 'photon', 'algorithm' and 'paradox' to shut down the relatives. And as soon as confused relatives walk away, Ranveer reveals that the only solution to such tricky questions is by using a 'mad angle'.
After watching the advertisement, social media users took offence at it considering how words like 'photon', 'algorithm' and 'paradox' often used by Sushant Singh Rajput in his Instagram posts and interviews, was included in the script in a fun way.
Consequently, the advertisement led Twitterati to believe that Ranveer was making fun of Sushant and so they demanded that the advert be pulled down and also trended #BoycottBingo to express their anger over the ad.
However, a recent statement by the brand has cleared the air around the same and stated that the advertisement was shot more than a year ago in October 2019 and false and mischievous messages are being circulated intentionally and that one shouldn't fall prey to it.
