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Ranveer Allahbadia’s ‘dirty’ comments spark massive row in India

Sherilan Mulan

BBC News, Mumbai

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Ranvir Allah, also known as Beerbiceps, is a famous Indian podcaster

“dirty.” “The deviant mind.” “gross.”

These were the words used by the Supreme Court in India on Tuesday while granting temporary protection from detention to the famous YouTube that was in a clinic in the country during the past week.

Anger began after Ranvir Allah – who includes the Pethus Berbis channel eight million followers – asked one of the contestants about the question: “Do you prefer to see your parents having sex every day for the rest of your life or join him once and stop him forever?”

The comments, which were held on the India’s Got Catent program on February 9, sparked great anger, police and even death threats. YouTube quickly removed the episode, but this did not hang the wave of anger directed to God and the exhibition.

In fact, the amount of interest the accident received is confusing the mind: the headlines of the national newspapers have been released, it has been covered on the TV early, and some prominent news sites in India may run live pages.

Not surprisingly, given the status of God. He had an interview with federal ministers, Bollywood great celebrities, cricketcket, and Hollywood representatives. Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed him the “National Creators Awards” Cup.

Since the controversy erupted, God apologized and the exhibition, Samay Raina, started for the comments, and Raina has dropped all the previous episodes of the show. The Supreme Court prevented its last order, God, from publishing content on social media.

But the accident is still making news.

“It seems that the state is trying to provide an example of God,” says Apar Gupta, founder of the Freedom Foundation on the Internet. Saket Jocke, the deputy opposition, also condemned the targeting of God and the exhibition.

“Copper content can be criticized if it offends you. However, you cannot persecute the country and close people because of the abuse of your“ moral feelings ”, it is books In a post on X.

Also, the famous comedy of Fair Das weighs controversy and I criticized news channels To cover the unilateral accident of the accident and to take a consumed look for all digital content.

God’s observations and the subsequent intellectual response sparked discussions on freedom of expression and the laws of obscenity in India; This has also sparked conversations about thirst for viral content and the consequences that their makers face when their content crosses the lines supported by the people they watch.

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The last controversy sparked discussions on freedom of expression and the law of obscenity in India

The Raina show, which first appeared in June, was common from the beginning, where each episode is tens of millions of times on YouTube. He did not send disputes as well.

The exhibition made some strange shows, and the judges and contestants were seen making raw and crude comments more than several times. Critics I accused the show It is directed by hate views of women and guests.

A famous fashion influencer Once I got out of the show After one of the contestants compared her to a previous movie actress for adults, while another asked her about the “number of bodies” (colloquial term for the number of sexual partners who had a person).

But it seems that this was the attraction of the show.

The show fans praised his defense of “raw talents and unarmed jokes.” Some said that they like the barbecue – a form of eloquent comedy – which was common in the show.

Experts have emphasized howWith the explosion of the entertainment scene, the creators of digital content often feel that it is forced to push the envelope – even if it means resorting to Risqué and LewD – just to gain views and viruses.

It is safe to say that the offer paid envelope and the buttons of many. But then, it led to reverse results.

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Samay Raina is a famous comedy in India

“A lot of comedy, especially a male, male, harsh type and punches people. It contains hidden violence. So if it contributes to that culture, this is not a shock if it returns to bite one day,” says director Paromita vohra.

She adds that the successful comedy calls for awareness seized by the audience for which it is being implemented and what limits can be paid.

It is interesting that the question of God, which caused the uproar, was almost identical to the question posed by an Australian comedy host called Og Crew’s Truth or Drink. While the question was not angry in Australia, it is in India.

“The Internet has made it possible for the content to access spaces and people who have not been playing organically.” Unexpected content can have unexpected consequences, “she says.

But she also says that there is a need to protect from making such issues an ethical issue.

“When such differences erupt, there is always the risk of morals that are weapons to punish people who opposed before society,” and adds that ethics are increasingly beating in the country’s legal framework, which can contain a causes of disagreement.

Some critics have also accused the authorities using controversy as a smoke screen to turn attention from other urgent problems – such as unemployment and pollution. Some fear that the federal government will use as a reason to justify more content to create content.

After the controversy, a a report NDTV News stated that the Parliamentary Committee was considering setting laws on a tougher digital content. Supreme Court also I paid for more Regulations about online content.

Mr. Gupta says that the state has already a “huge amount of power” to try persons accused of raising the various databases and content laws and that although the state exercises its powers without restraint, content creators do not have many legal guarantees to protect them.

“Instead of the most strict laws, we need more reform, the current legal standards must be more tolerant of freedom of expression,” he says.

“Other systems, such as teaching and digital learning, must be strengthened, so that young people know to obtain their education from the semester, and only move to the Internet for entertainment.”



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2025-02-19 22:50:00

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