Prasoon Joshi Slams Makers Of Swara Bhasker’s Rasbhari For Making A Girl Child Dance Provocatively

Prasoon Joshi, the Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), has slammed the ‘irresponsible’ makers of Swara Bhasker’s new webseries Rashbhari. Prasoon is upset with the makers for making a girl child dance provocatively in front of men and called them ‘desperate’.

Prasoon Joshi expressed his displeasure on Twitter writing, “Saddened by Web series #Rasbhari’s irresponsible content portraying a little girl child dancing provocatively in front of men drinking. Creators& audience need 2 seriously rethink Freedom of expression or freedom of exploitation? Let’s spare children in the desperate need 4 entertainment.”

Replying to him Swara wrote, “आदर सहित सर, शायद आप scene ग़लत समझ रहे हैं। सीन जो वर्णन किया है उसके ठीक उल्टा है। बच्ची अपने मर्ज़ी से नाच रही है- पिता देख कर झेंप जाता है & शर्मिंदा होता है।नाच उत्तेजक नहीं है, बच्ची बस नाच रही है, वो नहीं जानती समाज उसे भी sexualise करेगा- scene यही दिखाता है।.”

The scene which has caused a furore has Swara’s younger version dancing to Saat Samundar Paar. The series revolves around a young man named Nand (played by Ayushman Saxena), who gets attracted to his teacher Shanu (Swara).