Watch: BBC uses Rishi Kapoor and Big B clips for Shashi Kapoor tribute

The sudden demise of legendary actor Shashi Kapoor has left the whole Bollywood industry in shock.Well, the sad tweets in remembrance of the actor have been pouring in ever since the news broke out. Apart from this, many media houses also paid their tribute to the actor.

One such is BBC news also ran a tribute clip on Kapoor but the clip was not of Shashiji but instead had Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi’s nephew, Rishi Kapoor.

Watch the video:

Hang on @bbcnews Shashi Kapoor has died not Amitabh Bachan or Rishi Kapoor, who you’ve weirdly used to illustrate the story. pic.twitter.com/48jo6DGjU6

— Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) December 4, 2017

This obviously did not go well with the Twitterati and they started tagging BBC asking them for an apology.

Shocking to note @BBC insults a veteran actor Shashi Kapoor by showing clips of @SrBachchan & @chintskap whilst reporting his death today!!!@BBC must apologize!!! Clearly they have no clue.

RIP Shashi Kapoor 🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/XMT4QJCy53

— GABBAR (@Gabbar_food) December 4, 2017

@paulroyall I hope you now have a photograph of the real Shashi Kapoor? Poor man can’t even rest in peace because the BBC credited another ‘brown person ‘ with his work. #NotTheSame

— Graeme (@Lurganexile) December 4, 2017

Later Paul Royall, Editor, BBC News at Six and Ten, tweeted out an apology.

#BBCNewsTen is very sorry wrong images were used to mark the death of Shashi Kapoor. Not our usual standards and I apologise for any upset.

— Paul Royall (@paulroyall) December 4, 2017