Netflix has pulled a movie from its Indian streaming platform following a backlash from offended rightwing Hindu teams.
Annapoorani: the Goddess of Food tells the story of a younger lady from the Brahmin caste, and her aspirations to turn out to be one among India’s greatest cooks. The Guardian experiences that the movie has been criticised for its depiction of a member of a historically vegetarian caste cooking and consuming meat. The movie has additionally been criticised for its depiction of Hindu deity Lord Ramthat, implying he ate meat whereas in exile.
The newspaper experiences that Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a hardline rightwing Hindu group started spearheading a protest in opposition to the movie on Wednesday, saying it was “intentionally released to hurt Hindu sentiments.” Protests additionally occurred outdoors Netflix places of work.
Within 24 hours, The Guardian experiences that the movie’s makers Zee Entertainment, had apologized, saying the movie could be withdrawn and re-edited to stop any additional offence. It has now been faraway from all worldwide Netflix platforms.
Amazon confronted related protests in 2021, with Hindu teams deeming its political collection Tanday offensive, whereas Netflix beforehand confronted a boycott over its TV adaptation of Vikram Seth’s novel A Suitable Boy, accused of selling “love jihad.”
The Guardian quotes Indian actor Parvathy Thiruvothu, saying the elimination of Annapoorani from the Netflix platform units a harmful precedent and accused the business of “censoring left, right and centre until we won’t be allowed to breathe.”
The VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal stated the elimination of the movie was a “victory for all Hindus.”