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Ram Charan Calls Jasprit Bumrah a Footballer at Peddi Event and Issues Apology

The clip spread rapidly online, becoming a light publicity moment with little substantive fallout as Peddi's early‑June promotion continues.

Overview

  • Video from Saturday's Peddi music launch in Bhopal shows Ram Charan during a rapid‑fire segment calling Jasprit Bumrah a footballer and briefly misaddressing the crowd as people from Bihar.
  • Clips of the exchange circulated widely across X, Instagram and other platforms, generating jokes, memes and some claims that the footage looked manipulated or AI‑generated.
  • Hours after the clip trended, Charan posted on X apologising for the mistake, calling it a 'genuine human error' and saying he is 'genuinely so forgetful' with names.
  • Jasprit Bumrah has not publicly responded to the apology and coverage has treated the episode as a humorous viral moment rather than a substantive controversy.
  • Peddi’s star‑studded promotion continued after the incident, with reporting noting the film is scheduled for an early‑June release and the gaffe has become part of the movie’s current publicity cycle.