<div>Tanmay Bhat, standup comedian and co-founder of sketch comedy group All India Bakchod (AIB), said on Sunday that they're feeling a lot of fear about the work they're doing.<br /><br /><div>He was responding to an Instagram follower, who commented, "I really admire the way you take stand for right things, so my question is - where is this fearlessness comes from because you don't have a Z plus security with you and also, have you ever thought about leaving this country?" Bhat, in his reply, wrote: "There is a lot of fear. The roast was an expensive affair. My anxiety kicked in after Snapchat."<br /><br /></div><div></div></div>.<div><div></div><div><br />In August 2016, Bhat took swipes at <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/549319/anupam-riteish-slam-aibs-video.html" target="_blank">singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar</a> in a Snapchat video titled, "Sachin v/s Lata Civil War". Actors Anupam Kher, Riteish Deshmukh and Celina Jaitly criticised AIB for the roast, calling the video "not funny".<br /><br /></div><div>"There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that the audience doesn't hear about," wrote Bhat on Instagram.<br /><br /></div><div>In another controversy that erupted in July 2017, the <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/622657/police-book-aib-mocking-pm.html" target="_blank">Mumbai police filed an FIR against Bhat </a>for allegedly mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi. AIB had posted an image of a Modi lookalike at a railway station, along with a photo of the prime minister with a Snapchat dog filter, captioned #wanderlust. The meme, seen as a dig at Modi's foreign tours, provoked strong reactions. However, the post was later deleted following protests on social media.<br /><br /></div><div>"My biggest regret is self-censorship and I hope that changes," said Bhat.</div></div>
<div>Tanmay Bhat, standup comedian and co-founder of sketch comedy group All India Bakchod (AIB), said on Sunday that they're feeling a lot of fear about the work they're doing.<br /><br /><div>He was responding to an Instagram follower, who commented, "I really admire the way you take stand for right things, so my question is - where is this fearlessness comes from because you don't have a Z plus security with you and also, have you ever thought about leaving this country?" Bhat, in his reply, wrote: "There is a lot of fear. The roast was an expensive affair. My anxiety kicked in after Snapchat."<br /><br /></div><div></div></div>.<div><div></div><div><br />In August 2016, Bhat took swipes at <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/549319/anupam-riteish-slam-aibs-video.html" target="_blank">singer Lata Mangeshkar and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar</a> in a Snapchat video titled, "Sachin v/s Lata Civil War". Actors Anupam Kher, Riteish Deshmukh and Celina Jaitly criticised AIB for the roast, calling the video "not funny".<br /><br /></div><div>"There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that the audience doesn't hear about," wrote Bhat on Instagram.<br /><br /></div><div>In another controversy that erupted in July 2017, the <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/622657/police-book-aib-mocking-pm.html" target="_blank">Mumbai police filed an FIR against Bhat </a>for allegedly mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi. AIB had posted an image of a Modi lookalike at a railway station, along with a photo of the prime minister with a Snapchat dog filter, captioned #wanderlust. The meme, seen as a dig at Modi's foreign tours, provoked strong reactions. However, the post was later deleted following protests on social media.<br /><br /></div><div>"My biggest regret is self-censorship and I hope that changes," said Bhat.</div></div>