Censorship On Digital Platform? 'Anything Censored Goes Underground, Like We Have Seen With Alcohol, Drugs, Pornography' Says Pritish Nandy; Pratik Gandhi, Hansal Mehta, Others React - EXCLUSIVE
Is censoring content on OTT platforms a good idea? Pritish Nandy, Pratik Gandhi, Hansal Mehta, Apurva Asrani and others react.
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Is censoring content on OTT platforms a good idea? Major names from the digital media react. Pritish Nandy: says, “It will be counter-productive. Anything censored goes underground as we have all seen over the years: alcohol, drugs, gutka, pornography. The only thing that works is clearly outlined, reasonable regulations. The only thing that can be reasonably censored is that which compromises national security. Nothing else. OTT is not free to air television. It is a paid service. People make a conscious decision while paying their subscription. If they don’t like what they get, they should cancel their subscription and get off the platform. They cannot force the platform to change their content. Would you ask Hindustan Unilever to change the ingredients of their toothpaste if it offended you? Or would you simply change your toothpaste brand? Content is an FMCG product today. Respect it and treat it as one. No censorship please, Mr Javdekar."
Pratik Gandhi believes, “I don't think it's needed. We need censors in cars to avoid accidents. Not in the field of arts .” Apurva Asrani feels, “I am against government controlled censorship. In a democracy one has every right to express oneself. Having said that, we live in a society where people of diverse cultural & economic backgrounds exist. It would be prudent to exercise some sort of self censorship in order to be sensitive to this diversity.”
Hansal Mehta says, “Censorship on OTT?Absolutely not. Censorship is redundant for any form of expression. Self regulation is the best way currently. As for the trouble faced by the Tandav team, the people who are giving them trouble are the best ones to answer this.”
Amit Sadh says, “I think in a country like India it will be nice to have a regulatory body... and in these times we need to show India’s inspiring stories , cinema and story telling should uplift the audience. We need more Raju Hirani films.”
Ahana Kumra believes the audience has the sense to not spend money on content that they don't want to watch. "It's their money and they can choose the content they want to consume.”
Akshay Oberoi says Freedom of expression is important for the creative industry to survive. "We as an industry just need to be responsible in terms of the content we put out and to not take advantage of lack of censorship.”
Kirti Kulhari says censorship is not needed as far as art is concerned. She adds, "But in this particular case the way the product is trolled and condemned and the actors and technicians are being hounded is a worse form of censorship than what is officially imposed by the government. We would rather have an official censor certificate than people having a problem with what we make after all the blood and sweat that’s gone into its making. This is clearly not a an atmosphere conducive to healthy creativity.I’d therefore choose an official censor certificate over all this drama and all the threats of bans.”
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