“Dirty” comments on Ranveer Allahbadia Spark Massive Row in India

“Dirty.” “The perverted mind.” “Disgusting.”

These were the words of the Supreme Court of India used on Tuesday while providing temporary protection against arrest on a popular YouTuber, which was in the eyes of a storm in the country last week.

The furore started after Ranveer Allahbadia – whose YouTube Channel Beerbiceps has eight million followers – asked a racer of the question: “Would you rather watch how your parents have sex every day for the rest of your life and stop it once and stop it Forever? “

The comments made in the show, India became latent on February 9, provoked enormous outrage, police cases and even threats of death. YouTube quickly eliminated the episode, but this did not tear the tide of anger aimed at Allahbadia and the show.

In fact, the amount of attention that the incident has received is stunning: he made national titles covered by television for the first time, and some of the most famous news sites in India have even met live pages.

Not surprisingly, given the status of the Allahbadia star. He interviewed federal ministers, top Bollywood celebrities, cricket and Hollywood actors. And last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed him the National Creator Awards Trophy.

Since the dispute broke out, Allahbadia and the show's creator Samay Raina apologized for the comments and Raina has taken down all the previous episodes of the show. The Supreme Court in its recent order even banned Allahbadia from publishing content on social media.

But the incident continues to make news.

“It is felt that the state is trying to make an example from Allahbadia,” says Apar Gupta, founder of the Freedom Foundation on the Internet. Squadte Gokhale, an opposition MP, also condemned the direction of Allahbadia and the show.

“Crass content can be criticized if you offend you. However, you cannot pursue the state and lock the people of offending your” moral sentiment “, he wrote In a post by X.

The popular comedian Vir das also put into the dispute and criticize news channels For their one -dimensional coverage of the incident and for a different view of all digital content.

Allahbadia's remarks and the subsequent reaction sparked debates on the freedom of expression and the laws of indefinitely of India; It also caused conversations about the thirst of viral content and the consequences that its producers face when their content crosses lines supported by the people who look at it.

Raina's show, which debuted in June, is popular from the beginning, with each episode being watched tens of millions of times on YouTube. And she did not deviate from the contradictions either.

The show has planted some bizarre performances and judges and competitors have been seen making gloomy and rough comments more than several times. Critics have accused the show of expressive misogynistic views and guests for the body's compression.

Fashionable After it came out of the show After a male athlete compares him with a former adult film actress, while another asked her about the “number of body” (a term with jargons for the number of sexual partners that a person had).

But that seems to be the attractiveness of the show.

Fans of the show have welcomed him because of “raw talents and unfiltered jokes.” Some say they liked The Roasts – a form of comedy of insult – which was popular in the show.

The experts stressed howWith the exploding of the landscape of entertainment, the creators of digital content often feel forced to press the envelope – even if it means resorting to risky and negligent – just to acquire views and the virus.

It is safe to say that the show pressed the envelope and buttons of many. But then, he turned.

“A lot of comedy, especially of a certain male appearance, is cruel and hits people. He has a violent submarine. So if you contribute to this culture, it's not a shock if he comes back to bite you someday.” The creator of the movie Paromita Vohra says.

She adds that the successful comedy calls for a sophisticated awareness of the audience for which it is being implemented and at what limits it can press.

Interestingly, the question of Allahbadia, which caused the furore, was almost identical to the question asked by the host of an Australian comedy show called the truth or drink of OG CREW. Although the issue did not cause outrage in Australia, it has in India.

“The Internet has enabled the content to reach spaces and people who are not played organically. Unthinking the misappropriation content can have unexpected consequences,” she says.

But she also says that it is necessary to protect themselves from turning such questions about morals.

“When such contradictions break out, there is always the risk of morals of punishing people who have opposed what has been accepted by society,” she says, adding that morality is increasingly resident in the legal framework of the country that can be have a separation effect.

Some critics have also accused authorities of using the dispute as a smoke screen to divert attention from other urgent problems – such as unemployment and pollution. Some fear that it will be used by the Federal Government as a reason to justify the further regulation of content creation.

After the dispute a report NDTV News Channel said a parliamentary committee was considering adopting laws about digital content further. The Supreme Court also has insisted on more Regulations about online content.

G -n Gupta says that the state already has a “enormous power” to pursue people accused of sailing various data and content laws and that while the state exercises its powers without restraint, content creators do not have as much legal guarantees to protect them.

“Instead of further laws, we need more reforms; existing legal standards must be more tolerant of free expression,” he says.

“Other systems, such as education and digital training, must be strengthened so that young people know how to receive their education from the classroom and turn to the Internet for fun.”