VHP Labels Netflix Anti-Hindu

Netflix in trouble?

VHP Labels Netflix Anti-Hindu

The Vishnu Hindu Parishad (VHP) has threatened to launch an all-India agitation against Netflix for alleged anti-Hindu activities. Giving the example Netflix’s Leila, Ghoul, Chippa, Sacred Games and Krishna & His Leela, a letter from the VHP accuses Netflix of targeting and tarnishing Hinduism.

After the premiere of the feature film Chippa where a Muslim character was repeatedly heard referring to Lord Hanuman as a ‘bandar’(monkey) another film this time the Telugu film Krishna & His Leela about a guy named Krishna(Siddhu Jonnalagada) being portrayed as a modern-day Krishna with many love/lust interests.

The allusion to mythology has not gone down well with a section of the audience who are calling the film out for its anti-Hindu content. We now hear from reliable sources that Netflix has decided to appoint an elaborate filtering process to avoid any such unsavory allegation and controversies in the future.

A source close to the development informs, “Netflix believes in full freedom of expression. But a lot of people have begun to feel that this freedom is being misused on the OTT platform. Netflix wants to ensure this doesn’t happen in the future.”

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Subhash K Jha: Subhash K. Jha is a veteran Indian film critic, journalist based in Patna, Bihar. He is currently film critic with leading daily The Times of India, Firstpost, Deccan chronicle and DNA News, besides TV channels Zee News and News18 India.