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Now, streaming platforms are kowtowing to our sensitive side.. Netflixs decision toremove Tamil star NayantharasAnnapoorani: The Goddess of Food may have appeased former Shiv Sena leader Ramesh Solanki, who filed a complaint with the police against the movie for hurting Hindu sentiments..
The film hurt Solankis sentiments several times overwhen a character cites a verse from Ramayana to suggest that Ram ate meat, or that a Hindu woman is shown befriending a Muslim man...
From questioningthe colour ofDeepikaPadukones bikini inPathaan to now successfully managing to have Annapoorani removed from Netflix, one has to put a foot down, instead of cowering..
In a scene that triggered the Shiv Sena, Janki plays Sita and on stage asks why only she was asked to immolate herself in fire to prove her purity..
Even forOMG2, which was released last year, a Hindu outfit namedRashtriya Hindu Parishadsought a ban and offered Rs 10 lakh to anyone who spit or slapped actor Akshay Kumar..
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