Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma is one
show that can even beat the run time of
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. The show
has even managed to be one of the Top 10
shows for a very long time now. But it has
fallen into a soup sadly. A Sikh community is
protesting and demanding a ban on the
show for hurting their religious
sentiments. SGPC chief Kirpal Singh
Badungar said, in a statement to the media,
that the serial hurt the community by
showing a living character of tenth Sikh
Guru Gobind Singh, which was against the
Sikh tenets.
He added, "No actor or any character can
equate himself with the tenth Sikh Guru
Gobind Singh. Such an act is unpardonable.
Well, we're sure the writers and the director
did whatever they did in good faith but the
community has definitely not taken it well. In
fact, the chief also warned the writer and
director of the show to not show such
blasphemous content on the small screen.
This won't be the first time that a show has
been demanded to be taken off-air because
of its content. Remember the Pehredaar Piya
Ki incident? There were petitions of all sort
to ban the show from television. (ALSO
READ: Good news! Disha Vakani aka
Dayaben will NOT be replaced in Taarak
Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma )
Information and Broadcasting Minister,
Smriti Irani had to face the heat from the
audience and the channel was forced to
take it off air. Well, the content of the show
was quite bizarre, to be honest, and nobody
was ready to hear the justifications out from
the writers of the show. Looks like banning
shows or rather demanding a ban on them
is the new trend that people and
communities are following these days.
And TMKOC has been one of India's favourite
show for over eight years now.
We tried contacting Dilip Joshi, Disha Vakani
and Munmun Dutta to comment on the issue
but they remained unavailable to comment.
We guess they'll speak when the channel
and makers have figured out a way to sort
the issue out.
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