Cartoon farewell

IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/12/2011

CNN IBN in a very serious, we-mean-business tone announced that they would show their viewers how Dev Anand spent his last day in London. The anchor spoke, the London correspondent spoke and just as you got ready to catch the visual, the screen sprang a surprise that was almost like an April Fool's joke. The smart guys actually used the actor's face and pasted it on a graphically created body and proceeded to show what they claimed was his last few hours.

An animated image of him sitting on his desk, writing a new script....and so on. Was the channel paying a tribute or just mocking the late actor?

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