 "Farah Khan, Raveena Tandon apologise to Cardinal Oswald Gracias for allegedly hurting Christian sentiments")
Filmmaker Farah Khan and actor Raveena Tandon met Indian Cardinal of Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Oswald Gracias to tender an apology after the duo, along with comic Bharti Singh, were booked for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the community in a TV show. Farah earlier took to Twitter to apologise on behalf of the entire team of Flipkart Video Original’s quiz show Backbenchers, on which she serves as the host. The said episode has also been taken off by Flipkart Video. [caption id=“attachment_7830871” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan and Bharti Singh. Images from Twitter[/caption] In a statement, the host-director said she along with Raveena paid a visit to Gracias to tender an unconditional apology. “His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias met us. We apologised and asked him to forgive our mistake and he very graciously accepted our apology. He also issued a statement on our behalf to end this matter,” Farah said. Dr Abraham Mathai, president of Indian Christian Voice, said the Christian community accepted the apology tendered by Farah, Raveena and Bharti Singh. “We appreciate Flipkart video and Walmart CEO for removing the episode off air. The Christian community expresses appreciation to Flipkart video and Mr Doug McMillon, the global CEO of Walmart for having considered our demands and sentiments. “This evening Farah Khan and Raveena Tandon went in person to His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias to tender a written and unconditional apology, which the Cardinal graciously accepted. I appeal to the Christian community in this nation who have been enraged by this whole episode to accept their apology in the true spirit of Christ,” Mathai said in a statement. Farah on Monday took to Twitter to express her gratitude to the cardinal. Check out her tweet here
To Err is human.. to Forgive Divine.. Thank you YOUR EMINENCE CARDINAL OSWALD GRACIOUS for meeting us n accepting our heartfelt apologies and putting this unfortunate matter to rest. Frm all of us thank you also @allwynsaldanha for making this happen. šš» pic.twitter.com/bkC8AIDZ2V
— TheFarahKhan (@TheFarahKhan) December 30, 2019
Blessed to get blessings from YOUR EMININCE CARDINAL OSWALD GRACIOUS.. whatever the circumstances , was fortunate to meet such a kind and pure soul. pic.twitter.com/kj6J731X7M
— TheFarahKhan (@TheFarahKhan) December 30, 2019
Bharti, who is out of the country, also apologised to the community for “hurting their sentiments”. Check out her tweet here
From the bottom of my heart I would like to say Sorry to my Christian brothers and sisters for hurting their sentiments.Thank you YOUR EMINENCE CARDINAL OSWALD for personally hearing my apology in the voice note(as Iām not in the country)& forgiving me.šš»
— Bharti singh (@bharti_lalli) December 30, 2019
Yours Truly,Bharti Singh
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