Vardhan Puri Disagrees With Salman Khan On OTT Censorship; Says, ‘Telling Adults What To Watch Is RIDICULOUS’

Salman Khan On OTT Censorship: The Bollywood actor created a stir with his statement on censorship of the contents of OTT platforms. Salman Khan said that since the content is available to one and all, the vulgarity, gali galauch and nudity needs to be regulated.

While the Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan actor sought support from veteran actor Nassar Abdulla, Amrish Puri's grandson, Vardhan Puri completely disagreed with what Salman said about the censorship.

Vardhan during a conversation with India Today said that he believes creativity would be hindered if there is censorship of content of the OTT platforms. He even said that adults should be given the power to choose what they want to watch.

VARDHAN PURI SAYS HE DOESN'T STAND FOR ANY KIND OF CENSORSHIP

Vardhan Puri during his interaction with IndiaToday TV, talked about the issue of OTT censorship. He was quoted as saying, "I respect everyone's opinion. I personally would beg to differ. I feel creativity is dead if there is any censorship. I am anti-censorship. I do believe in certification, there can be guidelines put, there can be labels drawn. But as adults, everyone should have the power to choose what they want to watch. I do not stand for any kind of censorship, especially on OTT."

He added, "Certification is fine but cutting portions out, not allowing something to release because of language, nudity or vulgarity, makes no sense to me. Regulation is fine, but censorship is not. You have to regulate who is able to watch the content because there are also minors who do consume this kind of content. But, deciding for people what is okay for them to watch is, I think, kind of ridiculous."

SALMAN KHAN ON OTT CENSHORSHIP

For the unversed Salman Khan had said that he doesn't believe in the type of content that OTT showcases. He said, "I don't believe in that kind of content. I mean I have been here since 1989 and I have never done any of this kind of stuff so I just think that there should be a censor on OTT and all this vulgarity, nudity, 'gaali galoch' (abusive words) should stop."

The Kick actor further added that the contents are easily available on phones, so it should have a check. Salman Khan said that the content is now easily available on the phone and hence should have a check on it. He asked if anyone would like it if their 15-16-year-old daughter watched it. "Jitna clean hoga content, utna behtar hoga, viewership uski zyada hogi," he added.