Did Netflix Hold Meetings With RSS Over Anti-Hindu Content Restriction? Srishti Behl Arya Responds
The director of Netflix International Original Film, Srishti Behl Arya has denied the report of holding meetings with RSS representatives over anti-Hindu content restriction.
It
has
to
be
recalled
that
a
member
of
the
Shiv
Sena
IT
Cell
had
filed
a
complaint
against
Netflix
India
for
'defaming
the
country'
and
portraying
'an
incorrect
picture'
of
India
globally
in
the
shows
that
are
hosted
on
its
platform.
Recently,
it
was
reported
that
the
Rashtriya
Swayamsewak
Sangh
(RSS)
representatives
had
been
holding
meetings
with
Netflix
officials
to
restrict
anti-Hindu
content
on
the
platform.
But
the
director
of
Netflix
International
Original
Film,
Srishti
Behl
Arya,
has
denied
the
report.
ET
had
reported
that
the
RSS
representatives
held
over
six
such
informal
meetings
in
the
last
four
months
in
Mumbai
and
New
Delhi
to
urge
the
platform
to
show
content
that
represents
real
Indian
culture
and
ethos.
Regarding
the
same,
Srishti,
who
was
present
at
a
panel
titled
'Artistic
Freedom:
Mapping
Out
The
Entertainment
Story'
at
the
ongoing
Jio
MAMI
21st
Mumbai
Film
Festival,
was
quoted
by
News18
as
saying,
"It's
not
a
true
story.
There
was
no
meeting
at
all.
It's
a
fake
news."
-
(sic)
Among
the
other
panellists
were
Aparna
Purohit,
Head
of
Amazon
Prime's
India
Originals,
singer
Sona
Mohapatra
and
Made
In
Heaven
actress
Sobhita
Dhulipala.
It
was
also
said
that
the
government
was
deliberating
potential
censorship
on
streaming
platforms
in
the
wake
of
several
court
cases
and
complaints
filed
against
alleged
anti-national
and
anti-Hindu
content.
Regarding
the
same,
Aparna
said,
"We
will
continue
to
comply
with
the
law
of
the
land.
The
law
of
the
land
is
not
subjective
like
the
story
telling.
The
law
is
the
law.
It's
not
like,
'I
don't
like
you,
so
I'm
going
to
stab
you.' Whatever
is
permitted
by
the
law,
we
would
go
into
those
spaces
and
the
rest
is
all
about
the
stories
that
creators
want
to
tell."
Sobhita
was
quoted
by
the
portal
as
saying,
"The
more
suppression
there
is
of
any
kind
the
more
voices
there
will
be
speaking
up
against
it;
the
more
variety
of
stories
there
will
be
addressing
it
in
different
ways.
So,
I
believe
that
maybe
political
statements
will
be
made
but
in
a
subtler,
simpler
or
maybe
cleverer
way
that's
not
conventionally
offensive.
Because
all
of
Anurag
Kashyap's
work
has
so
much
political
undertones.
It's
not
really
in
your
face
but
you
leave
the
room
thinking."
For
the
uninitiated,
in
the
complaint,
Shiv
Sena
IT
Cell
and
Social
worker
Hindu
activist,
Ramesh
Solanki
had
mentioned
names
of
web
series
like
Sacred
Games,
Leila
and
Ghoul
along
with
stand-up
comedian
Hasan
Minhaj's
Patriot
Act,
and
had
alleged
that
'almost
every
series
on
Netflix
India
is
with
the
intention
to
defame
the
country
on
a
global
level'.