Mumbai Jan 28 PTI Popular TV actor Shweta Tiwari has apologised after she received backlash for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with her remark on GodThe 41-year-old actor had made the controversial statement in Bhopal on Wednesday during the promotion of her web series Show StopperA video of Tiwaris statement has gone viral on social media in which she purportedly referred to God while speaking about her innerwear Her co-actors were also present when she made the remark during an interaction with media personsThe TV star best known for her role in shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Parvarrish said her statement was misconstruedIt has come to my notice that a certain statement of mine referring to a colleagues previous role has been taken out of context and has been misconstrued When put in context one will understand that the statement in reference to Bhagwan was in context with Sourabh Raj Jains popular role of a deityPeople associate character names to actors and hence I used that as an example during my conversation with the media However it has been completely misconstrued which is saddening to see Tiwari said in a statement issued on FridayShe said she would never intentionally or unintentionally say or do any anything that would hurt sentiments of people at largeI have however come to understand that when taken out of context it has unintentionally hurt feelings of people Please be assured that it has never been my intention to hurt anyone with my words or actions Hence I would like to humbly apologise for the hurt that my the statement has unintentionally caused to a lot of people she added Meanwhile police officials in Bhopal on Friday registered a case against Tiwari for allegedly hurting religious sentiments The case was registered following Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishras directions to the city police to investigate her remark and submit a report PTI KKP SHD SHD

Mumbai Jan 19 PTI Popular TV actor Shaheer Sheikh says his father was on the ventilator following a severe COVID-19 infection and asked fans to pray for his recoveryThe Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise Bhi star took to Twitter late Tuesday evening and shared his fathers health statusMy dad is on a ventilator suffering from a severe covid infection please keep him in your prayers Sheikh wrote alongside a picture of his fatherThe name and age of Sheikhs father could not be confirmed immediatelySeveral of the actors industry colleagues including Hina Khan Karanvir Sharma and Vatsal Sheth wished for his fathers speedy recoverySheikh was most recently seen on the reboot of the popular TV show Pavitra RishtaOn Tuesday Mumbai recorded 6149 coronavirus cases while seven more patients succumbed to the infection and 12810 others recovered the city civic body said PTI JUR RDS RDS