Netflix India faces big backlash for Teachers' Day 'Guruji' tribute

Houring all teachers in India, Netflix India stirred controversy on Thursday- Teacher's day by releasing a tribute featuring its hit series - Sacred Games character 'Guruji'. video poses a hypotical situation - 'What if Netflix characters were your teachers'. It picturises a scenario if Guruji had been a school teacher, how school would have been. Featuring famous Hindi actor Pankaj Tripathi and ors, video has already garnered 6,00,000 views till Friday.

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Sacred Games' Guruji's pearls of wisdom on Teachers' day

video begins with Guruji in his Sacred Games attire, standing behind a podium titled 'Gopalmath Shiksha Kendra' with a 'Mandal' in his background. He begins by revealing a truth about teachers on Teachers' day. "re are two types of teachers - learned and wannabe," says Guruji. Expounding on his ory, he says, " Learned are those who study from textbooks and impart good kwledge like -history teachers. And wannabe are those when asked 'Sir what is taboo?', says, "Good question. I will tell you after class- like psychology teachers." 

He furr advises students to sacrifice PUBG to pass exams,  irrelevant of type of teacher. He n reminds people of PTM which is in 25 days, asking children to attend with 'all three fars'. He concludes by chanting his characteristic chant -Aham Bramhasmi. video also features a tribute to shows 'Crown', 'Breaking Bad' and movie 'Andhadhun'.

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Watch video here:

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#BanNetflixInIndia trends in India

But Twitter seems to t have taken it well, with #BanNetflixInIndia trending on Saturday. Most people seem to have taken offence to Guruji's portrayal as a school teacher. y claim that Anurag Kashyap series- Sacred Games is 'Anti-Hindu' and 'Anti India' with many also stating that portraying Guruji as teacher is offensive. trend is already one of top Twitter trends in India.

Here is what netizens thought about Netflix in India, while some have laughed it off:

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