'Aap apni filmon mein thoda kam overact karein': Vivek Oberoi SNAPS back at Sonam Kapoor on Aishwarya Rai exit poll meme

Vivek Oberoi, who has landed himself in a controversy after sharing a meme on exit poll that featured Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and referred to her relationships with Salman Khan, himself and marriage with Abhishek Bachchan as 'Opinion Poll, 'Exit Poll' and 'Result' respectively. While the netizens bashed him left, right and centre on Twitter, the actor also came in hot waters with the National Commission of Women (NCW), for the 'crass' remark.

Check out Vivek Oberoi's tweet here:

(@vivekoberoi) May 20, 2019

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor was among the first ones from the industry to react to Vivek Oberoi's tweet and had called it "disgusting and classless." While interacting with ANI, when Vivek Oberoi was asked to comment on Sonam's reaction, Vivek said that Sonam should overact a little less in her films and overreact a little less on social media. 

"I personally feel that she should less overact in her films and should not overreact on social media. Sometimes people do such things to look cool. I want to ask Sonam how much she has worked on women empowerment," said Vivek Oberoi. 

Watch Vivek's full reaction to Sonam Kapoor's comment here:

 May 20, 2019

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a notice to actor Oberoi demanding explanation over his tweet on the exit polls. Rekha Sharma, NCW chairperson, said "We would like him (Vivek Oberoi) to apologise on social media and personally also to the person concerned. If he doesn't do so, we will see what legal action we can take against him. We will be talking to Twitter to remove that tweet immediately."

Reacting to the NCW's notice, Vivek Oberoi said, "Is there anything wrong in it? Is there some abuse in it? Is there any obscene picture in it? It is just a creative meme made at the time of elections. I saw it and laughed. I have no problem in saying sorry as I am an expert in saying sorry. But, please, tell me what wrong have I said." 

"I am waiting for the notice from Maharashtra's Women Commission and the NCW. I would also like to meet them and give an explanation because I don't think I have done something wrong," he added

While a number of netizens and celebs have been asking Vivek Oberoi to apologise for his remark, Vivek refused to do so and added that people are trying to politicise it.

In his interaction with the agency, Vivek said, "Those who are in the meme have no objection while scores of politicians are trying to politicise the issue. They don't work on issues but start their politics on such non-issues. There is a 'Didi' in West Bengal who puts people behind jail for a meme. Now, these people are demanding to put Vivek Oberoi behind bars. They were unable to stop my film and hence are now are trying to put me behind bars."

He added, "People are asking me to apologise. I have no problem in apologising, but tell me what wrong have I done. If I have done something wrong, I will apologise. I don't think I have done anything wrong. What's wrong in it? Somebody tweeted a meme and I laughed at it."

(WIth ANI inputs)