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ACTION BY BCCC ON COMPLAINTS RECEIVED FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 TO 30 JUNE 2019 A : SPECIFIC A-1CONTENT : Specific S.NO Channel Total Nature of Complaints Telecast date of the Action By BCCC Progra Number programme reviewed mme of by BCCC Complain 1 Silsila Colors 1ts Molly and Nandini are childhood friends. Molly is married to Kunal 27-12-2018 BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episode. Mishti is shown Badalte and Nandini to Rajdeep. After excessive torture by her husband, switching off the bathroom lights when Pari goes for a bath and locks it from Rishton Nandini leaves Rajdeep and comes to stay with Molly. Molly’s outside. The child is shown screaming for help but Mishti plays loud music to Ka’ husband Kunal falls in love with her and divorces her to marry ensure that nobody else in the house can hear her. The little girl Pari faints Nandini. He is unaware that Molly was six months pregnant when inside the bathroom, feeling uneasy. BCCC decided to caution the channel he left her. Molly has a daughter Mishti and Nandini has a that such depiction could influence impressionable minds. The Council daughter Pari, who are also very good friends. When Mishti cautioned the channel to refrain from such depiction in a prolonged manner comes to know the reality of Kunal being her father, she starts even if it was part of the storyline. The complaint was DISPOSED OF. hating him and ends her friendship with Pari. Pari, in absence of her father Kunal, goes and stays with Mishti for a couple of days. Mishti switches off the bathroom lights when Pari goes for a bath and closes the door from outside. Pari screams for help but Mishti puts the music system on a high volume so that her screams cannot be heard. Pari then falls unconscious. Such depiction of children scheming against each other should be avoided as it sends a wrong message to children. 2 Tujhse Zee 1 Goons abduct female protagonist Kalyani and take her to a 02-11-2018 BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episode. Female protagonist Se secluded place where many girls are kept. One of the goons tells Kalyani is brought to an isolated place where many such girls are already Raabta’ present. One of the hooligans/goons is shown to be entertaining people who a potential buyer, “Look at her. You will not find one like this. She are drinking and are potential buyers and are all involved in illicit flesh trade. is fire and the other girls are also fire.” The goon tells the buyer Some denigrating and objectionable words are used for the abducted girls that you will not find an “item” like this in the market and she will and then their auctioneering starts. The Council felt that treating women as a earn more than Rs 30 lakh. He then brings Kalyani before the commodity should not be done even if it is a part of the creative rendition. person and tells him and he needs to spend openly as such an However, keeping in mind that the same channel and the same programme “item” does not often come to the market. It denigrates and was asked to run an Apology Scroll for an episode after this date, BCCC decided to caution the channel against any such creative depiction on depicts women as commodity that can be sold. Kalyani is finally pretext of storyline where women are objectified and treated as commodities. sold for Rs 5 lakh. The complaint was thus DISPOSED OF. Page 1 of 206 S.NO Channel Total Nature of Complaints Telecast date of the Action By BCCC Progra Number programme reviewed mme of by BCCC Complain 3 Zindagi Zee Anmol 1ts Mahek’s mother Sarita goes to Jugraj Singh’s house, where a 28-01-2019 BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episode. It found that Sarita Ek party is on, to talk about her daughter and his son Shaurya’s goes to Jugraj Singh’s (male antagonist) house where a party is on. He is Mahek’ wedding. Jugraj Singh catches Sarita’s hand, brings her to the shown to be drunk. He catches Sarita’s hands and brings her to the drawing middle of the venue, introduces her to everyone as his son’s hall where the other guests have assembled. He says since her daughter mother-in-law and says he has accepted her as a relative. But she and his son are getting married, they are going to be relatives and they must hug him. If she is reluctant to do this, then she must drink should hug each other. Sarita refuses and pushes him back. He then says with him. He then makes Sarita forcibly dance before the people that the dawn of new relationship should begin with drinking together. and also keeps her dupatta on his shoulders. Such scenes The Council felt the depiction was necessitated by the channel’s urge to encourage women being denigrated by men. show Jugraj in negative light and that too in an atrocious manner. He does such acts to avenge the humiliation that he had received at the hands of Sarita’s daughter who had slapped him earlier. The Council felt that the channel had overdone the sequence and decided to advise it against such prolonged depiction. The complaint was DISPOSED OF. 4 Bikini Fox Life HD 1 The channel shows sensational photo shoots of female models. Episodes 01/12/18 BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episodes. The channel has Destina Dressed in micro bikinis, the models have been shown in an (00:41:35),03/12/18 sent a written undertaking that the programme is shown only during obscene manner. The camera pans and zooms to catch shots that (00:14:06), 12/12/18 watershed hours and not repeated during normal viewing hours. As decided tions’ highlight their breasts, buttocks, thighs. The models themselves (00:23:31), 19/12/18 on earlier occasions, BCCC did not find the programme worth its are seen being flirtatious and tantalizing the viewers by touching (00:03:59), 28/12/18 intervention. The complaints were DISPOSED OF. their bodies. A model gives such a side pose that it seems she is (00:08:52), 05/01/19 not wearing anything on her hips and as if she is nude. On the (00:32:55), 09/01/19 pretext of showing photo shoot of models, the programme (00:48:40), 13/01/19 showcases series of semi-nude erotic photo shoots. These (00:23:42), 21/01/19 apparently violate programme codes 6[1](a), 6[1](d), 6[1](k) and (00:02:10), 03/02/19 6[1](o) prescribed under the Cable Television Network Rules, (00:11:55), 07/02/19 1994. (00:12:20) & 13/02/19 (00:19:45) 5 Howzza Fox Life 1 It has sensational photo shoots of female models. Dressed in 03/11/18, 00:43 Hrs BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episode. The programme is t micro bikinis, the models have been obscenely shown. The shown only during watershed hours and not normal viewing hours. The camera pans and zooms to catch shots that highlight their breasts, channel has also submitted a written Undertaking to the Secretariat buttocks, thighs. On the pretext of showing photo shoot, the reiterating the same. The complaints were therefore DISPOSED OF. programme showcases series of semi-nude erotic photo shoots. Treatment of the whole episode is suggestive which is complemented by its alluring background music. The presentation of the body of these female models is suggestive and objectifying. Such visuals denigrate the image of women and portray them as sex objects. Page 2 of 206 S.NO Channel Total Nature of Complaints Telecast date of the Action By BCCC Progra Number programme reviewed mme of by BCCC Complain 6 Dance Colors 1ts Shashank did a death scene in the dance performance along with 30-06-2019 BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episode. The Council found Deewan a small girl. It was more of gymnastics instead of dance with no out that a 21-year-old contestant, Vishal, and Neerja, a seven-year-old safety gadgets. Such acts should be banned, in fact this show contestant, who were paired, enacted a skit in which the sister was shown to e should be banned, before some major injuries take place. It is be dying due to illness. The Council felt that it was a story that was being child labour in the name of dance acts. told through this skit and required the child to be lifted moved around. The Council did not find the sequence objectionable. The complaint was DISPOSED OF. 7 Superst Sony 1 Wrong map of India has been shown. PoK and Aksai Chin have 29-06-2019 BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episode. The Council found ar not been shown as part of India. This is unacceptable. that a wrong map of India was shown. However the channel realising this inadvertent error had corrected the map both in the repeat telecast and on Singer’ its digital platform. The Council decided to reiterate its Advisory on the Map and Emblem of India and asked the channel to ensure complete and diligent compliance. The complaint was DISPOSED OF. 8 Ye Teri Zee TV 2 Episode 06/06/19:The stepmother assaults and tries to kill her Episode 06/06/19 BCCC admitted the complaint and viewed the episode. The male Galiyaa stepson using an iron rod after injuring him by car.

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