Ronit Roy on audiences having had enough of abuse & nudity on OTT platforms

The pandemic is a reality indeed and where on one hand, some shows and films are just making it to streaming services, on the other hand the lockdown is being imposed in Maharashtra, some shows are either being shut down temporarily and some shows are shifting base to other cities.

Apart from TV shows, there has also been a real change in the way content is coming on OTT platforms and the self-regulation seem to have worked too. All this happened due to many shows being accused for over-nudity, abuse and other things.

In fact, actor Ronit Roy, who has also been on quite a few shows on OTT platforms opened up on the same in an interview with Hindustan Times. He said, “I see a lot of unnecessary stuff in my shows also. When I sit for the first time with my director, writers, and fellow actors, I am always of the opinion that we might not be having an official government censorship, but I like my shows to be watched by everybody. Main khud hi censor kar leta hoon."

He added, “In my line, if there’s MC/BC (cuss words) or the F-word… once in a while I can use when it’s really necessary, if the scene calls for it. As a trend, if everybody is abusing, and so you also have to abuse — I don’t like that. I personally censor the stuff that I do, and requests everybody else also about it, whether it’s expletives, nudity, or blood and gore, violence. You should be true to the script, and not just to attract eyeballs."

The actor argues that the language used on OTT platforms is not a reflection of real life.

“I know people from lower strata of society, they don’t use 10 expletives in one sentence, nobody talks like that. If it’s not necessary, then why (use it)? Aaj kal log bolte hain ‘edgy hai’, how does it become edgy if you abuse? People are not liking it. I have a strong connect with my audience, and I get a lot of feedback. People have had enough of this. You can’t sit and watch it with parents, parents can’t sit and watch it with their grown up kids, it is embarassing,” he said.