Smiriti for ban on `Pehredaar Piya Ki` |
TV Show `Pehredaar Piya Ki` was infamous for its plotline from the start, actually even before it started. 20 days later, public sentiment about the TV show, in which a 10-year-old boy is married to an 18-year-old woman (because he needs to be protected), remain the same. Recently, A petition addressed to Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles and Information and Broadcasting, called for a ban on the show. The petition read, “Pehredar piya ki. – A 10 year old impressionable little kid(” piyaa”) caressing and stalking a lady who`s more than double his age and filling sindoor in her “maang” is being telecasted at prime time. The latest buzz is that Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, while hearing this argument, has forwarded the matter to Broadcasting Content Complaints (BCCC). Ever since the show`s first promos aired on television in July, tele-viewers were outraged by the theme and alleged that the show propagates the idea of child marriage (an issue which has been critiqued by soaps like "Balika Vadhu" and "Gangaa"). After the initial few episodes aired, actor Karan Wahi slammed the makers for “selling stupidity in the name of content which gives TRP.”
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