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Vickey Lalwani
Ekta Kapoor is shocked, She has been forced to change the track of Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii. Star Plus, told Balaji Telefilms in no uncertain terms that a plot similar to the Aarushi muder case could not be shown in the show. Ekta Kapoor
Star Plus was instructed by I & B Ministry the Aarushi murder track will have to be watered down. The channel authorities then called up Balaji to carry out I & B Ministry orders.
When contacted, Nivedita Basu (Creative Head, Kahaani...) says, "I don't know why there is so much brouhaha over this track. We were not showing the Aarushi murder case per se.
In my show, Tanu had to be killed along with her boyfriend Andy. But now, that will not happen."
While Star India COO Uday Shankar is dismissive that they received a letter from the I & Ministry and in turn passed it on to Balaji Telefilms, Nivedita Basu (Creative Head, Kahaani...) confirms that Star Plus instructed Balaji to make some changes at the behest of the I & B ministry.
She says, "I & B Ministry sent a letter to Star Plus who told us that we will have to induce some changes and we duly obliged."
Nivedita explains the changes, "Well, Andy will not die; only Tanu will be bumped off. So there is no double murder like that of Aarushi and Hemraj. Moreover, we also removed the word 'honour killing' from the episode. Now the track will be of a 'who-dun-it', where every character in the Agarwal family will be a suspect."
It may be recalled that Nupur Talwar, mother of the murdered victim 15-year-old Aarushi Talwar, had requested the National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Monday to direct the I & B ministry to stop Balaji Telefilms from including the Aarushi murder case in its serial. Aarushi Talwar
We learn, NCPCR then wrote to Balaji Telefilms to take the necessary steps but Balaji Telefilms replied back that their plot was not the Aarushi murder case per se.
On realising that Balaji Telefilms was refusing to bend, NCPCR then spoke to I & B Ministry, who then called upon Star Plus to do the needful.
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