President of All India Lookalike association Arif Khan, when contacted, told ETimes, “Kannubhai Thakkar was old and not well. He would often visit Amitabh Bachchan’s home on his Sunday meeting days. Unfortunately, videos of Shashikant Pedwal, who has been doing a lot of work in the lockdown, are being used while reporting about Kannubhai Thakkar’s demise.”
Shashikant Pedwal, who recently was invited by Amitabh Bachchan on KBC for his good work during the pandemic, said that he had to put out a clarification video stating that he is well and that his photographs/videos are being used in place of Kanubhai Thakkar. He stated, “I would like to tell people that I am alive and it was Kanubhai who has passed away and the confusion happened after my videos and photographs were used in the reports.”