Vardhan Puri disagrees with Salman Khan on OTT censorship, “Deciding for people what is okay for them is kind of ridiculous” : Bollywood News

Salman Khan is recently in the news for his appeal to censor content on OTT. He batted for “clean content” on the medium because of its exposure to 15-16 year olds. While the actor’s fans have hailed him on social media for his stand, actor Vardhan Puri has completely disagreed with him.

Vardhan Puri disagrees with Salman Khan on OTT censorship, “Deciding for people what is okay for them is kind of ridiculous”

Speaking to India Today TV, Vardhan said, “I respect everyone’s opinion. I personally would beg to differ. I feel creativity is dead if there is any censorship. I am anti-censorship. I do believe in certification, there can be guidelines put, there can be labels drawn. But as adults, everyone should have the power to choose what they want to watch. I do not stand for any kind of censorship, especially on OTT.”

Vardhan, who is the grandson of the legendary Amrish Puri, also said that censorship on OTT is “ridiculous.” He added, “Certification is fine but cutting portions out, not allowing something to release because of language or nudity or vulgarity makes no sense to me. Regulation is fine, but censorship is not. You have to regulate who is able to watch the content because there are also minors who do consume this kind of content. But, deciding for people what is okay for them to watch is, I think, (is) kind of ridiculous.”

For those not in the know, during the Filmfare Awards press conference earlier in the week, Salman had urged for censorship on OTT saying, “I really think there should be censorship on the medium. All these… vulgarity, nudity, gaali galoch (swearing) should stop. 15-16 year-olds can now watch this content on their phone. Would you like it if your young daughter watches it giving an excuse that she is using the device to study? I just think the content should be checked on OTT. The cleaner the content, it will be better and will also have a larger viewership.”

The Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan star elaborated, “You have done it all – lovemaking and kissing in scenes. And when you enter your building, your watchman is watching the same. So, I just don’t think that’s right for security reasons. Also, we don’t need to do that. We live in India. It was way too much before, finally, it was curbed. Now, people have started working on a lot of good and decent content.”

Vardhan Puri had made his debut as the main lead along with Shivaleeka Oberoi in Yeh Saali Aashiqui in 2019. Before that, he was the assistant director in Yash Raj Films’ movies, Ishaqzaade, Shuddh Desi Romance and Daawat-e-Ishq.

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