Another day and Netflix is once again in news for purportedly promoting “love jihad“.
The OTT platform, Netflix, is under fire after a scene from its original, A Suitable Boy, irked a section of the society. The clip of the scene, that has now gone viral on the internet, has a Hindu character Lata Mehra (Taniya Maniktala) kissing her interfaith lover and that too inside a temple’s premises.
As the scene went viral, the pious and concerned section of the society slammed Netflix and its repeated attempts to plague Hindu culture.
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Sharing the video, BJP leader Gaurav Tiwari questioned the filmmakers over filming the scene at a temple. Tiwari went a step further and also registered an FIR against Netflix.
मंदिर का प्रांगण, बैकग्राउंड में आरती और अश्लील दृश्य।
— Gaurav Tiwari (@adolitics) November 21, 2020
क्या मस्जिद में अजान के समय ऐसा शूट करने की ‘क्रीएटिव फ़्रीडम’ है आपको @NetflixIndia?
हिंदुओं की सहिष्णुता को उनकी कमजोरी मत समझिए, ये मध्यप्रदेश का नहीं, भगवान शिव और करोड़ों शिवभक्तों का भी अपमान है।
माफ़ी माँगनी पड़ेगी। pic.twitter.com/9TLnsQviHJ
Notably, Tiwari’s thoughts were echoed by other Twitter users as well, who slammed Netflix for hurting Hindu sentiments.
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Notably, this is not the first time Netflix is in the news for such a reason. Months ago, Netflix’s Telugu movie named Krishna and His Leela had provoked the similar section of the society by, allegedly, disrespecting Hindu deities.
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For context, the movie has a male character named Krishna having sexual encounters with several women and one of them goes by the name, Radha. Back then too, #BoycottNetflix started trending on Twitter.
