Madhya Pradesh police book two Netflix India officials for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a web series : Bollywood News – Puucho News
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An FIR was registered towards two officials of the streaming platform Netflix India in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through the web series ‘A Suitable Boy’. The series directed by Mira Nair exhibits kissing scenes on the premises of a temple.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra mentioned that the FIR has named Monika Shergill, Vice President, Content (Netflix) and Ambika Khurana, Director, Public Policies (Netflix). The grievance was filed by Bhartaiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM) nationwide secretary Gaurav Tiwari who demanded apology from Netflix India and the makers of the series and elimination of objectionable scenes which he acknowledged have been additionally “encouraging love jihad”.
“Kissing scenes (filmed) inside a temple of Lord Maheshwar (a historic town located on the banks of Narmada in Madhya Pradesh) have hurt the sentiments of Hindus. This is also encouraging ‘love jihad’,” Tiwari had acknowledged.
Home Minister Mishra in a video mentioned, “ I had asked officials to examine the series ‘A Suitable Boy’ being streamed on Netflix to check if kissing scenes in it were filmed in a temple and if it hurt religious sentiments. The examination prima facie found that these scenes are hurting the sentiments of a particular religion.”
“On the idea of a grievance filed by Gaurav Tiwari, an FIR is being registered underneath part 295 (A) (malicious acts to outrage and insulting the religious emotions and beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in Rewa towards Netflix officials- Monika Shergill and Ambika Khurana,” he added.
The six part series is an adaptation of the book A Suitable Boy written by Vikram Seth. The series has been directed by renowned filmmaker Mira Nair who has made films like Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake.
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