‘CENSORSHIP IS AT EVERY LEVEL WHEN YOU BECOME AN ACTOR’

Censorship on OTT Bidita Bag says no to why people are so platforms, wonders these days sensitive about everything

The debate over censorship on OTT has reached a new height after makers of the web show Tandav agreed to censor out scenes which have allegedly hurt religious sentiments. Actor Bidita Bag, who has done a considerable amount of work on digital medium, says she’s not in favour of censorship of any form on OTTs. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it if one wants to watch something. An adult should have the choice to watch what they want to. Censorship nahin honi chahiye. Things are getting so difficult,” Bag, 29, says.

The actor finds it odd that people have become so sensitive, and adds, “I don’t know what is wrong with people and how their sentiments are getting hurt so much. How come they are getting so easily hurt on anything and everything? These are very difficult times, we need to select our priorities... Why can we concentrate and talk about real issues?”

As an actor and a creative person, Bag finds censorship of any kind to be a damper. “Censorship is there at every level when you become an actor. The first kind happens with the budget. Whatever your vision is, it’ll be constrained by the budget. Then we create something extraordinary, and censor people tell us to remove this and that. This is not fair for filmmakers and actors. Creativity gets killed at every level,” she explains.

However, Bag, who has done films such as Babumoshai Bandookbaaz (2017), The Sholay Girl (2019) and stars in the upcoming film, Fauji Claling, says the audience as well as makers have to step back and rethink. “Think what you make and be responsible. That’s all that we can do. Even the audience should ensure that they only support projects with good intent,” she concludes.

An adult should to have the choice they want watch what nahin Censorship to. Things honi chahiye. so are getting difficult.

BIDITA BAG,

Actor