Mumbai-based Comedian Gets Social Media Threats for Jokes on Sushant Singh Rajput, Mental Health - News18

After Munawar Faruqui, Mumbai-based stand up comedian Daniel Fernandez is facing flak for making jokes on SSR | Image credit: Twitter.

Days after the arrest of stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui for allegedly making incendiary jokes on Hindu deities, another stand-up comedian is facing heat on social media.

Comedian Daniel Fernandez is being called out by certain sections of social media users for making jokes about Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

A compilation of clippings has gone viral on YouTube in which the Mumbai-based artist, best known for his work in dark comedy and surreal humour, can be seen making jokes on the media coverage of Sushant Singh Rajput's death and India's obsession with the arrest of actor and his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty (which he referred to as a witch-hunt) in the name of 'Justice for SSR'.

In the skits, Fernandez can also be seen making jokes on mental health in a self-deprecating manner.

Many so-called "fans" of Rajput have also been insinuating harm befalling Fernandez while others reproached the comedian for making jokes about the dead.

The worst thing you could do as a stand-up comedian is making jokes on a tragedy.Dislike and mass report this video for making jokes on Sushant Singh Rajput death.https://t.co/gqrKX7BhqF.

Pained after seeing this video.This comedian is making fun of a dead person who can't defend himself.The level of humour is crass, to say the least.It does not matter whether Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide or it was homicide, what give you the license to defame the dead.