Kangana Ranaut falls for spoof video, calls Qatar Airways CEO 'idiot of a man'

The clip, which is now viral on social media, was made in response to a Twitter user 'Vashudev' who had appealed to Indians to boycott Qatar Airways following the massive diplomatic backlash India received over derogatory remarks toward Prophet Muhammad by two BJP leaders.

In his video, Vashudev says Qatar had offered refuge to painter MF Hussain who he says had "painted nude images of Hindu goddesses".

He urged viewers to boycott products from Qatar and Qatar Airways in response to Indians supposedly being sacked in the middle eastern country over the controversy.

Another Twitter user then made a spoofed video in response by dubbing the Qatar Airways chief's interview to broadcaster Al Jazeera.

"Vashudev is our biggest shareholder with a total investment of ₹ 624.50. We don't know how to operate anymore. We have grounded all flights. Our operations are not running anymore. We are requesting Vashudev to take this call for boycott back," the doctored video makes the Qatar airlines chief appear to say.

Vashudev while sharing his video wrote 'bycott' instead of boycott for which he was made fun of in the clip.

"This is a special kind of boycott because it is b-y-c-o-t-t. Vashudev Habibi, we are willing to give you one whole plane to make your TikTok videos or maybe we can give you two litres of petrol free," the voiceover in the dubbed video said.

In her reaction, Ranaut seems to have believed the parody video to be true and angrily responded to people who are "cheering this bully".

"All so-called Indians who are cheering this bully for making fun of a poor man remember this is exactly why you all are a big bojh (burden) on this overpopulated country," she said in one of her Instagram stories.

"This idiot of a man has no shame bullying a poor man, mocking his insignificance and place in the world...

"Vasudev may be poor and insignificant for a rich man like you but he has the right to express his grief, pain and disappointment in whatever context it may be... remember there is a world beyond this world where we all are equal...," she followed up in the next story.

She appears to have deleted these Instagram stories following widespread flak and ridicule over the same.

Nupur Sharma, the now-suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson has set off a huge international row with her derogatory comments on Prophet Muhammad.

While the BJP had suspended her strongly denounced "insult of any religious personalities", so far 15 Islamic countries have condemned her controversial remarks.

Earlier in a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs had said the offensive tweets and comments did not, in any way, reflect the views of the government.