Pa Ranjith Calls OTT Platforms Non-Democratic, Cites Removal Of Nayanthara's Annapoorani As Example

Nayanthara starrer Annapoorani that faced the allegations of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. Citing this, Thangalaan director Pa Ranjith has spoken about the limitation of OTT releases in an interview.

What did Pa Ranjit mention about OTT?

In an interview with The Hollywood Reported, Pa Ranjith spoke how films being taken down from OTT without any reason. Despite, the films have been given green light. He said, “Theatre is the only democratic space, not OTT. We have a problem with distributors and theatre owners also but it is the only democratic space compared to OTT.”

He further said, “OTT has a lot of limitations. You know that Nayanthara movie (Annapoorani). They took it down. It is not good. The censor board gave it a certificate and the theatre run is also good but they took it down. A big platform took it out.”

Tamil filmmaker Vetrimaran too added and said, “It is really sad and they forced her to give an apology letter.”

All about the controversy surrounding film Annapoorani

Nayanthara said that she never thought that a film cleared by the censor board would be removed from an OTT platform even after running in theaters. 

Annapoorani featured the 39-year-old actor star as a young woman who aims to become the best chef in the country but in order to realise her dream, she has to cook non-vegetarian food.

Directed by Nilesh Krishnaa, the movie was released in theatres in December last year, before it started streaming on Netflix four weeks later. Last week, the movie kicked up a row after two complaints were filed against Nayanthara and the makers over allegations that certain scenes in the film hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.

The complaints alleged that the film makes controversial remarks about Lord Ram and also promotes ‘love jihad’. Amid the controversy, the film was removed from Netflix by the makers.