TOI: Didi minus the 'Hitler'

The title of fledgling drama Hitler Didi may undergo a name change. A US-based rights organisation, the Anti Defamation League(ADL), has demanded that the channel remove the name 'Hitler' from the show's title.

In India, the association with the word 'Hitler' is with someone whose strict nature borders on excessiveness. However, the US organisation sees the late dictator as a mass murderer. The ADL even wrote to the channel's managing director and CEO Punit Goenka and Subhash Chandra, chairman of Zee Entertainment, telling them to not trivialise his legacy or the Holocaust with a title. "That millions of soap opera fans in India are now hearing and talking about a program with the name Hitler on a daily basis is shocking," Abraham Foxman, ADL national director said.

According to some reports, a statement with the words, "It is our intention to change the name immediately," and "we deeply apologise," was sent out by the channel's US office. The official version from the channel's side is that they have received a letter from the ADL but have reiterated that a reply hasn't been issued.

Another source revealed that while the name change might happen for the US markets, the title is likely to remain the same for India.