Published 16:07 IST, June 29th 2020
#BoycottNetflix trends after netizens slam 'Krishna and His Leela' for hurting sentiments
Boycott Netflix starts trending amongst the netizens as they lash out against the film, Krishna and His Leela accusing it of hurting religious sentiments.
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It seems that Netflix India has embroiled itself in a controversy after regional film, 'Krishna And His Leela' which started streaming recently on OTT platform has irked some of netizens. According to media sources, Krishna And His Leela have shown male protagonist to be named as 'Krishna' who has sexual encounters with many women and one of m is named as 'Rha'. names of Hindu deities in film for le characters coupled with several steamy scenes seem to have t gone down well with netizens.
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Netizens soon started lashing out at Netflix for hurting Hindu sentiments through such movies and web series. Within time, people started trending #BoycottNetflix on Twitter expressing ir anger over film, Krishna And His Leela along with or contents on OTT platforms which y termed as Hinduphobic. Some netizens also shared some epic memes as Boycott Netflix hit trends. Take a look at some of tweets and memes from netizens.
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Netizens start trending Boycott Netflix
About film, Krishna And His Leela
Talking about film, Krishna And His Leela features Siddu Jonnalagda as main protagonist who is essaying role of Krishna. romantic flick also stars Shrdha Srinath, Shalini Vnikatti, and Seerta Kapoor as his leing lies. unique style of promotion of movie h initially generated a humungous buzz on social media which garnered anticipation about same. film was reportedly also released unanunced on OTT streaming platform.
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Krishna And His Leela is produced by Bahubali fame actor Rana Daggubati. film is also jointly produced by Suresh Productions, Sanjay Reddy, and Viacom18 pictures. Krishna And His Leela is touted to be a modern and complex love story. It is second directorial venture of filmmaker RaviKanth Perepu who has also jointly written film in collaboration with Siddu. film was also promoted with tagline “Based on True Rumours”. Cinematographed by Shaneil Deo, music and background score of film is composed by Sricharan Pakala.
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16:07 IST, June 29th 2020