A Suitable Boy stirs trouble for Netflix in India
A Suitable Boy stirs trouble for Netflix in India and the reason was a number of temple kissing scenes.
An Indian state on Sunday asked police to investigate after a member of the country’s ruling party objected to scenes in the Netflix series showing a Hindu girl kisses a Muslim boy against the backdrop of a Hindu temple.
A tweet by Narottam Mishra, the interior minister of the central state of Madhya Pradesh, led many Indians took to Twitter demanding a boycott of Netflix.
https://twitter.com/JoharAkshi/status/1330422511490588673
kissing scenes in the temple courtyard three times in the same episode. but why was everyone shot in the kissing scene in the temple courtyard?@ChouhanShivraj Take immediate action. And share it with the public. #BoycottNetflixIndia @AnilGur90351448 https://t.co/GuFhvPZc2M
— Anil Gurjar (@AnilGur90351448) November 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/DesaiKumar47/status/1330378037620248576
How dare @NetflixIndia showed this disgraceful act??
— Arnab Goswam! (@ArnabGFan7) November 22, 2020
Is this for what temples are there?? Shameful!!
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#BoycottNetflix #BoycottNetflixIndia pic.twitter.com/egrJVXhh7A
“It has extremely objectionable scenes that have hurt the feelings of a particular religion,” Narottam Mishra, the interior minister said on Twitter.
“I’ve directed police officers to get this controversial content tested” to determine “what legal action can be taken against the producer-director of the film for hurting religious sentiments”.
Adding more to it, a month after ‘A Suitable Boy’s release, BJP leader Gaurav Tiwari has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the video-streaming platform for the show.
Directed by celebrated Indian filmmaker Mira Nair, A Suitable Boy series is based on an English novel by one of India’s leading writers Vikram Seth.
The story follows a young girl’s search to find a suitable husband. The lead cast includes Tabu, Ram Kapoor Ishaan Khattar, Tanyamaniktala, Namit Das, Vijay Varma, Rasika Dugal, Ranvir Shorey, Vinay Pathak, and others.