The AIB roast has taken the tinsel town by storm. After the video 'The Roast' organized by a group of stand-up comedians called All India Bakchod (AIB), poked fun at the roastees - Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, and was hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar.

The video, which went viral on the online video sharing platform since being posted Jan 28, was pulled out yesterday night following the Maharashtra government's warning to probe the matter.

The Maharashtra government initiated a probe into allegations of "abusive and filthy" language used by Bollywood personalities in it.

The official Twitter handle of AIB posted: "Have taken down AIB Knockout for now. We will speak soon." The Roast faced complaints on the below-the-belt content of the programme forcing Education and Culture Minister Vinod Tawade ordering a probe.

Minister Tawade in a statement has said "The Culture Department officials will examine the videos' content and if found vulgar, action would be initiated,"

Following this The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena jumped into the fire and has demanded an apology from all the persons involved in the AIB Roast, and said that it would not allow Johar, Arjun and Ranveer's movies to be screened if they do not apologies.

AIB Roast is a charity event which took place here in December 2014. A collection of over Rs.4 million was raised via the two-hour comic event, The negative reactions to the AIB Roast's humour has left a majority of Hindi film celebrities upset, and they have taken to Twitter to laugh off the matter.

Actress Sandhya Mridul wrote: "Chalo #AIBRoast off You tube. Sab khush? Now let's start scrutinising and punishing all those who use bad words. EVERYONE. ANYWHERE. ANYTIME."

Screenwriter Milap Zaveri posted: "Corruption, poverty, illiteracy, there r enough serious issues to tackle. Why target laughter? #AIBRoast n @AllIndiaBakchod we stand by you." Another actress, Shruti Seth said "if the organisers of #AIBRoast flouted any rules, how were they allowed to perform."

"So the authorities were complicit in this 'vulgar' act? Don't let the moral police win. Next they'll come after our thoughts. #AIBRoast must be allowed back on YouTube (sic)," Shruti shared with her fans on the micro-blogging website.

Writer Chetan Bhagat said, government "will also need to probe every college hostel in this country".

The AIB Roast show was attended by actresses like Sonakshi Sinha, Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt.