The exchange takes place in the “A Friendly Boy” series, an adaptation of Indian author Vikram Seth’s award-winning novel, released on the streaming service last month.
The story follows the love life of a young Hindu woman and at one point, she is shown being kissed by a Muslim man in a Hindu temple.
Mishra, a member of the Hindu Nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said it contained highly offensive material that hurt the feelings of people of a particular religion.
“I have requested the authorities to check whether and why and for what purpose this program and this theme have been restarted. [streaming] Platform, “ They are investigating what legal action they can take, he said.
BJP youth leader on Saturday – Gaurav Tiwari – He told reporters he had filed a separate complaint against Netflix’s vice president of content and its director of public policy in relation to the show. The complaint accuses Netflix of intentional or malicious acts aimed at “inciting religious sentiment.” “Under Indian law, such an offense is punishable by up to three years in prison, a fine or both.
Netflix declined to comment.
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Which could start companies like Netflix to follow the same restrictions as traditional media.
“A Friendly Boy,” a BBC production that was later acquired by Netflix, is one of the India-focused titles the company is releasing there. According to a summary on Netflix’s website, the show focuses on “Modernity Faces Tradition.”
It could also be a description for the current cultural debate in India. Recently, many politicians have been floating the subject of “Love Jihad,” an Islamophobic theory, claiming that Muslim men lure Hindu women to religion under the pretext of marriage.
Mishra told reporters this month that a law would be enacted in his state if he was found guilty of committing an act known as “love jihad”.
– Helen Reagan, Priyali Sur and Vedika Sude contributed to this report.
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