‘Sholay and Chole’: British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis corrects gaffe, engages in funny exchange with netizens

Chandigarh, April 16

Correcting his gaffe of mispronouncing film Sholay as Chole in one of his Twitter posts, British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, has now posted a video of his watching the movie Sholay while munching Chole Kulche.

“Sholay Chole = Theek hai,” he captioned the post in Hindi.

Alex, in the video he has shared on Twitter, points his camera towards TV screen playing Sholay movie. He then moves the camera towards plate of Chole Kulche kept on a table. He also shares glimpse of his dog sitting beside him on couch, who he could be seen caressing.

Alex signs off giving a thumbs up signal in front of the camera.

He also posted several pictures of the movie in the course.

Since being shared, the post has garnered over 2.6 lakh views. Netizens are posting funny comments on the video, some of which were even replied by Alex in witty manner.

Notably, Alex earlier sought suggestions for some movies. While thanking people for the ideas, he named few films he chose to watch. He mentioned Chupke Chupke and Gangs Wasseypur clearly but mispronounced film Sholay as ‘Chole’. The error was instantly lapped up by netizens and he was apprised that the movie was actually Sholay.