Filmmaker Karan Johar Filmmaker Karan Johar

Censor Board member Ashoke Pandit created an uproar on Twitter on Tuesday with a crass tweet targeting filmmaker Karan Johar who hosted the controversial AIB Knockout whose video has already registered over four million views in four days.

"Karan Johar could have easily shown his position while performing sex to his mom at home instead of making it public. #AIB Porn Show," Pandit, who is also a filmmaker and a known BJP sympathiser, tweeted with his handle, @ashokepandit.

Sample a few tweets expressing outrage over Pandit's remarks:

@ashwinmushran: "You've got to laugh at the irony of people using the same language that AIB is accused of while protesting it. Difference is, they mean it."

@mihirfadnavis tweeted: "The first accomplishments of the new Censor Board are 1) Promising complete ban of profanity in films 2) Saying AIB have sex with their mom."

@varungrover: "Achha mauka to do a photoshop of @ashokepandit kissing a Taliban mullah full on the lips. Like that #UCB unhate campaign."

AIB Knockout, which was a first-of-its-kind comic roast of actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh by leading stand-up comedians, was organised by the comedy collective All India Bakchod (AIB). It is alleged that the show was laced with expletives and objectionable language.

As several eyebrows were raised, with a TV channel even lashing out at the AIB guys using some not-so-great adjectives for them, the hullabaloo ultimately led to the Maharashtra government considering a probe.

"On #AIBRoast, will only enquire if the AIB had taken appropriate certificate. No moral policing if they r allowed by law, I can't stop them.(sic)," Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Vinod Tawde tweeted.

The AIB later tweeted: "News sources have informed us that the AIB Knockout will be subject to some manner of official enquiry. At this point, we have no further details, but when we do, we'll keep you in the loop."

The 90-minute roast was recorded at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Mumbai last month. An edited version of the show was released on YouTube last week and has been a rage with surfers. According to the organisers, Rs 40 lakh was raised through the event for charity.