'Boycott Netflix' trends over 'A Suitable Boy' scene; BJP's Gaurav Goel seeks FIR

past few weeks have been dominated by instances of netizens expressing ir outr on various incidents. Be it two advertisements of a jewellery brand or a question on a TV quiz show, Twitteratti had reacted strongly, some even taking ‘law’ in ir hands and some approaching law enforcement ncies. latest was ‘Boycott Netflix’ trend over Mira Nair’s series A Suitable Boy.

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‘Boycott Netflix’ trends over A Suitable Boy

outr was over a scene in A Suitable Boy in which  characters played by Tanya Maniktala and Kabir Durrani are seen kissing in a temple. While former’s Lata Mehra is a Hindu, latter’s character was a Muslim named Danesh Razvi.

Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Gaurav Goel joined  ‘Boycott Netflix’ trend, without naming A Suitable Boy. He urged that if any OTT platform was ‘deliberately insulting’  Hindu Gods and Goddess, one should file a complaint with police or local court under Section 295A of Indian Penal Code. Offering m all support, he wrote that ‘ law will take care of such offenders.’

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Actor-TV personality Rahul Mahajan was among ors who expressed his displeasure over scene. He wrote, "A Muslim man kissing a Hindu woman during Ram Aarti was ‘creative freedom’. But when a Hindu man and Muslim women would kiss in a mosque during Azaan, this creative freedom would go missing.’

'Boycott Netflix' became one of top trends on Twitter with people sharing memes and more.

A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy also stars Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Ranvir Shorey,  Vijay Verma, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rasika Dugal, Vivaan Shah, among ors. series is based on  Vikram Seth's vel of same name, that had relesed in 1993.

plot of series traces characters in post-Independence era and is set in Luckw. It also traces riots and or real incidents of that era.   

series had first aired on BBC One in July. It was recently released on Netflix along with Hindi dubbing.   series features six episodes in total.

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