Manoj Bajpayee opposes calls for censorship on OTT platforms; says, “The day you get censors to OTT, it will die” : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

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Manoj Bajpayee opposes calls for censorship on OTT platforms; says, “The day you get censors to OTT, it will die” : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

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May 16, 2023

Manoj Bajpayee opposes calls for censorship on OTT platforms; says, “The day you get censors to OTT, it will die” : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

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Censorship on OTT is one of the hottest topics of debate in the entertainment world currently. Not-so-long-ago, superstar Salman Khan spoke in favour of censorship on OTT. However, Manoj Bajpayee is resolute in his belief that censorship should not be imposed on digital content. Bajpayee contended that if severe regulations are enforced, it would lead to the demise of the platform itself.

Manoj Bajpayee opposes calls for censorship on OTT platforms; says, “The day you get censors to OTT, it will die”

Manoj Bajpayee, in a recent interview with Bollywood Life, voiced his opposition to the censorship of content on OTT platforms. He said, “I don’t agree with it. I really don’t agree with it. When OTT came, there was a lot of freedom. People were actually experimenting a lot. They wanted to express themselves freely. But now when you see it, it has come down. Now people are behaving very responsibly. Leave it in the hands of the makers as to how they want to do it. In (The) Family Man itself or in so many other films like Gulmohar or Bandaa, we haven’t even uttered an abuse. Forget about showing any intimate sequence. Why? Because we felt that this is not necessary.”

He further added, “We do it in (The) Family Man. We are very careful and cautious when it comes to abuses. We just don’t randomly go ahead and start using abuses. We do it specifically in specific places where it is required creatively. We are not irresponsible people. The day you get censors to OTT, OTT will die.”

Meanwhile on the professional front, Bajpayee’s Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai, is slated to release on ZEE5 on May 23. Inspired by true events, the direct-to-digital original film is a courtroom drama directed by Apoorv Singh Karki. It is the story of an ordinary man, a high court lawyer, who singlehandedly fought an extraordinary case of the rape of a minor under the POCSO act.

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