The controversy surrounding the comedy situation in India has been intensifying with each passing day. The latest ‘India’s Obtained Latent’ row could be cited as one of many prime causes for it. Numerous reactions of artists and audiences from completely different walks of life are coming in. Comic-actor Vir Das, who as soon as confronted authorized bother over his “Two Indias” monologue has additionally joined the bandwagon.
Weighed in on the India’s Obtained Latent controversy which incorporates Samay Raina, Ranveer Allahbadia, Jaspreet Singh, Apoorva Makhija, and Ashish Chanchlani, Vir Das in his social media story talked about – “The viewers is all the time welcome to debate what good comedy is. An excellent artist will take their suggestions head down, mouth shut, and possibly evolve. Both approach the results of your comedy in your profession and viewers are fairly instantaneous. That’s a pure course of.”
“However we’re additionally watching a bunch of irrelevant mainstream media anchors bordering extinction coming collectively to take down new media that will get tens of millions extra views, longer interviews, and much more affect than their bloated studios and fats wage at 1 p.c of the fee. Whether or not you want the brand new media or not is irrelevant,” he continued in his story
“That’s additionally what’s taking place right here. And whereas they debate what good comedy is, please debate what good journalism is, and the information that they need to be doing, the questions they need to be asking, and who they need to be asking them to,” Vir Das mentioned.
For the unversed, on February 10, Guwahati Police registered an FIR in opposition to Samay Raina and all visitor panelists for his lately aired ‘India’s Obtained Latent’ episode for “selling obscenity and interesting in sexually express discussions”.
Additional, the Maharashtra Cyber Division has filed an FIR in opposition to the above-stated names to different virtually 30 friends who got here on the present since its first episode.
Amid all this, throughout Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske raised the problem and known as for stricter rules to watch the content material shared on social media platforms.
Vir Das reacts to Samay Raina’s ‘India’s Obtained Latent Row’: ‘Penalties of your comedy in your profession…’ |
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