Overview
- At Mumbai’s Chetak/Screen Awards on Sunday, host Saurabh Dwivedi referenced Yadav’s cheque-bounce case during a stage bit, a clip that later spread online and drew criticism for being insensitive.
- Salman Khan posted on X on Tuesday praising Yadav’s three-decade career and said work would keep coming his way, urging him not to be hurt by an offhand line.
- Following Tuesday’s reactions, Yadav released a video saying the segment with Dwivedi and co-host Zakir Khan was scripted and asked fans not to target them.
- A separate video from a Bhooth Bangla press event showed Akshay Kumar teasing Yadav and telling him to sit, which Yadav laughed off but which drew fresh online complaints about how he was treated.
- Yadav remains out on interim bail in a long-running cheque-bounce case tied to a film loan, after the Delhi High Court indicated in March he would not be sent back to jail, and he is now promoting Bhooth Bangla ahead of its mid-April release window.