Bollywood’s ‘bhai’ Salman Khan, on Wednesday, attended the Filmfare Awards launch, and he was in his element, truly. Nonetheless, from taking a dig at award shows to how the 90s superstars in Bollywood will continue to give the younger generation a run for their money, he surely spilled some beans.
During the event, he even talked about censorship on OTT, mentioning how ‘clean content’ works better. Dismissing the idea that OTT is the cooler version of TV, he said, “I really think there should be censorship on the medium. All these.. vulgarity, nudity, gaali galauch (swearing) should stop.”
Salman added that since now everyone is watching content on the phone, it can be accessible to even young kids. “Ab 15-16 saal ka bacche dekh sakte hai. Apko acha lagega apki choti se beti ye sab dekhe… padhne ke bahane (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 she is using the device to study). I just think the content should be checked on OTT. Jitna clean hoga content, utna behtar hoga, viewership uski zyada hogi (the cleaner the content, it will be better and will also have a larger viewership).”
He even talked about actors shedding their inhibitions on screen, and said, “Apne sab kuch kar lia… love making, kissing, expose kar lia aur aap apne building mein ghus rahe hai aur apka watchman aapka content dekh raha hai (You have done it all – love making, kissing and expose in scenes. And when you enter your buiding, 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. Hindustan mein rehte hai, thoda boht theek hai lekin itna zyada beech mein ho gya tha. Ab jake thoda control mein aya hai (You don’t need to cross the boundary. We live in India. It was way too much before, finally, it has been curbed). Now, people have started working on a lot of good and decent content.”
The ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ actor signed off by saying that some actors who are not comfortable with it, are left behind in the OTT race.
