Bollywood filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan is being criticised for 'mocking' actor Gaurav Khanna after he revealed that he is 'colour blind' on Celebrity MasterChef India. Farah is the host of the cooking reality show whereas chef Ranveer Brar and Vikas Khanna are seen as judges.
Now, several social media users have slammed Farah for being 'insensitive' towards Gaurav. A section of users have also claimed that Farah's humour is not at all funny.
What happened during the episode?
During one of the recent episodes, the celebrity contestants were asked to prepare Farah's famous roast chicken as a part of a challenge.
They got a chance to taste the chicken prepared by Farah, but Gaurav, being a vegetarian, couldn't try it himself and asked others to describe the flavour. Later, he completed his dish but struggled with the presentation.
The judges pointed out that he had chosen the wrong plate colour, which didn't complement the dish well.
Gaurav then disclosed that he is colour blind, leaving Vikas surprised. Farah reacted, saying, "What rubbish." She then tested him by asking if he noticed Vikas' blue jacket, which was actually red. Gaurav simply replied that it appeared to be somewhere between orange and red to him.
It was incredibly ignorant on the judges' part, especially Farah's. I'm not saying he deserves sympathy for his weakness, he himself never sought it. However, that doesn’t give them the right to mock him or react the way they did.
— Kweenie FANS PICHA CHODO (@abner_678) February 24, 2025
Shameful #GauravKhanna#CelebrityMasterChef pic.twitter.com/nEKktr7y3k
Netizens slam Farah Khan
Reacting to the video on X (formerly known as Twitter), a user wrote, "It was incredibly ignorant on the judges' part, especially Farah's. I'm not saying he deserves sympathy for his weakness, he himself never sought it. However, that doesn’t give them the right to mock him or react the way they did. Shameful."
"Seriously farah This is how you treat someone who is suffering with such a big ability. They way she reacted is such a crass Day by day I am hating her more," wrote another angry fan.
A user also expressed disappointment over Vikas' reaction. "Didn't expect this level of insensitiveness from the #CelebrityMasterChef judges especially VK. They couldn't utter a single word of empathy for #GauravKhanna when he mentioned that he is colour blind. It is rubbish? Seriously? Disgusting," wrote a fan.
Here's how others reacted:
The judges should have had basic courtesy to ask #GauravKhanna about the challenges he needs to face because of his colourblindness. They need not show sympathy because GK himself doesn't consider this as a weakness. Instead they just dismissed the topic. #CelebrityMasterChef
— Natasha Bhattacharjee (@natsbhatt) February 25, 2025
#CelebrityMasterChef judges shd read this. Idk wat color identify karna tha IIT bande ko, bt cookng we knw needs identification of colors. Horrible ppl. Faltu create sad stories to create drama & dish out advantages bt mock disabilities.@SonyTV plays fun music#GauravKhanna https://t.co/b4AZKCbRK7
— Namz❤️♻️ (@PadhaiKaroPadai) February 24, 2025
They were not aware of his genuine problem but had a knowledge about Archana's breakup story and Farah calling it rubbish is too low of her. #GauravKhanna#CelebrityMasterChef pic.twitter.com/bC5cDZeXjb
— ♡ ♡ (@luvkapilsharma) February 24, 2025
As someone with a similar vision deficiency, I undrstnd why it is tough for ppl to trust wen someone says they are color blind, bcz its not a disability or a condition that is easily identified in a person or understood frm a person+#CelebrityMasterChefpic.twitter.com/TG2BtylFwM
— (@OneHappyInsaan) February 24, 2025
Haven’t seen the epi, but I have found F to be a lil insensitive so many times. With Faisu for example - she is constantly surprised that a person with his background is now part of MC, knows what macarons are, and similar such instances. She is a lil too much sometimes.
— Divya (@dshnkr2) February 24, 2025
Farha’s behaviour is so pathetic. Why she has been chosen as a judge in a cooking show when she can hardly cook. Disgraceful
— Arun B (@arun03342) February 25, 2025
Besides Gaurav, Archana Gautam, Usha Nadkarni, Tejasswi Prakash, Dipika Kakar Ibrahim, Rajiv Adatia, Nikki Tamboli, Faisal Shaikh aka Mr. Faisu, and Kabita Singh are seen as contestants.
Ayesha Jhulka, Chandan Prabhakar and Abhijeet Sawant were recently evicted from Celebrity MasterChef India.