Farah Khan has been receiving backlash due to her recent remark on the festival of Holi on the reality cooking show ‘Celebrity MasterChef’. For the unversed, she said that Holi is the favourite festival of ‘chhapri boys’ but her statement was made in the humourous way. However, the clip from the episode has went viral on social media and netizens called out Farah Khan for her remark.
In one of the episode of Celebrity MasterChef, Farah said, “Chhapri logo ka favourite festival hota hai Holi.” This happened when Gaurav Khanna and Chef Vikas Khanna were having a discussion and Farah looked towards the camera to say this. Some netizens called out Farah Khan for her remark, whereas, some people supported her.
🔥 Farah Khan's Holi Remark Sparks Outrage! 🔥
— HotTakeInsight (@HotTakeInsight) February 20, 2025
Farah Khan calls Holi the "festival of chhapris" on Celebrity MasterChef, triggering massive backlash! 🎭💥 many call it disrespectful, 🤔🎨 #FarahKhan #HoliControversy #Bollywood #India pic.twitter.com/WIgkMiEuF1
One of the comments made by Farah Khan shocked the audiences of the show ‘Master Chef India’.
“Saare chhapri logon ka favourite festival Holi hota hai.” #FarahKhan #Holi #MasterChefIndia pic.twitter.com/svLbXt7y5X---Advertisement---— Kumar M (@OldYaade) February 19, 2025

Farah Khan said that Holi is the ‘favourite’ festival of chappris. She didn’t say Holi is the festival of chappris. She said nothing wrong.
— Saradsree Ghosh (@TheSavvySapien) February 19, 2025
Who plays Holi like these uncultured hooligans which involves ripping off clothes from each other’s bodies? pic.twitter.com/DM0bs9RvRd
She is yet to react to these backlash. Talking about the show, popular faces including Gaurav Khanna, Abhijeet Sawant, Nikki Tamboli, Dipika Kakar, Rajiv Adatia, Ayesha Jhulka, Archana Gautam, Usha Nadkarni, Kabita Singh, Faisal Shaikh and Tejasswi Prakash are the contestants this season.
Chandan Prabhakar got eliminated from the show last week. Meanwhile, Celebrity MasterChef is gearing for its second elimination.
Chefs Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar are the judges with Farah Khan serving as the host. The show airs on Sony TV channel from Monday to Friday at 8 PM.