OTT
platforms
were
brought
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
recently.
They
were
previously
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
Ministry
of
Electronics
and
Information
Technology.
Veteran
actor
Shatrughan
Sinha
shared
his
opinion
on
the
fear
of
OTT
being
subjected
to
censorship
with
this
change.
He
took
to
his
social
media
handle
to
share
an
opinionated
piece
on
how
enforcing
a
code
of
morality
would
hurt
the
streaming
industry,
and
called
it
a
'farce'.
"This
article
from
the
@timesofindia
on
enforcing
a
code
of
morality
in
India,
with
the
lame
excuse,
'hurt
sentiments'
is
such
a
farce.
In
these
pandemic
&
difficult
times
it
was
the
OTT
platforms
which
were
lively
&
helped
us
cope
while
staying
home
&
a
stress
buster
too," tweeted
Shatrughan.
In
another
tweet
he
wrote,
"Creating
a
fear
through
superstition
&
religion
is
the
worst
way
to
kill
art
&
creativity.
This
is
a
great
flourishing
industry
which
has
a
great
future
ahead,
why
kill
it
by
just
a
few
superficial
&
'perverted
mindsets'
Food
for
serious
thought!
A
important
read!
Jai
Hind!"
(sic)
Recently,
there
were
calls
to
boycott
Netflix
India
for
streaming
Mira
Nair's
mini-series
A
Suitable
Boy,
which
showed
two
characters,
a
Muslim
and
a
Hindu,
kissing
in
a
temple.
This
led
to
the
Madhya
Pradesh
police
book
two
executives
of
Netflix
and
an
FIR
was
lodged
under
section
295
(A)
(malicious
acts
to
outrage
and
insult
the
religious
feelings
and
beliefs)
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code.
The
contention
was
that
the
scene
allegedly
hurt
religious
sentiments.