ACTION BY BCCC ON COMPLAINTS RECEIVED FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2017 TO 10 FEBRUARY 2019 S.NO Programme Channel Total Number Nature of Complaints Telecast date of Action By BCCC of Complaints the programme Received reviwed by BCCC A : SPECIFIC CONTENT RELATED COMPLAINTS A-1 : Specific Content related complaints Disposed 1 ‘Dastaan-E- Colors 1 Episode 05/10/18: Teenaged Salim is being taken by his brothers Daniyal 05/10/18 Episode 05/10/18: BCCC viewed the episode. Daniyal and Murad take Salim for a boat ride Mohabbat’ and Muraad to an isolated village with the intent of killing him. They give 06/10/18 with the intent to kill him. He has been given a flower to snooze which is laced with heroin him a flower to snooze which is laced with heroin (drug). Further, these two though it has not been shown but implied. He falls unconscious on the boat after snoozing the child actors are shown making a hole in the boat so that Salim drowns, but flower and Daniyal is shown to be creating a hole in the boat with his knife while the two child he does not die. actors swim across the lake. The complaint was not found maintainable and DISPOSED OF as Episode 06/10/18: Salim’s brothers instigate him to consume alcohol. it was a part of the storyline and does not show any exaggerated version of child torture. They take him in an inebriated state and make him lie down on Akbar’s Episode 06/10/18: BCCC viewed the episode. Brothers Daniyal and Murad, taking advantage throne so that Akbar does not make him his successor. Having child actors of the emotional turmoil that Salim is in, instigate him to drink magical water which is alcohol. to conspire and kill sends a wrong message. It may prompt other children Though it is not clearly mentioned that Salim is consuming alcohol, it is implied. They make him to follow. Such depiction should not be allowed. sleep on Akbar’s throne and leave him in an intoxicated state so that Akbar gets infuriated. BCCC did not find the complaint maintainable as it is a sub-plot within the story to get one of the prince getting slighted and out of favour of the king. The complaint was DISPOSED OF. 2 Dev 2 Colors 1 Dev and his wife get proximate with each other. A kissing sequence has 15-08-2018 BCCC viewed the episode. It found that although the episode had some romantic connotations been shown. Such scenes are objectionable and vulgar. The channel and intimate moments between the male and female protagonists, considering that it was should have refrained. shown during watershed hours, the Council decided against any intervention. The complaint was DISPOSED OF. 3 Tu Ashiqui’ Colors 1 Pankti is put up for display among the town’s richest men. Her mother says 25-07-2018 BCCC viewed the episode. It found that the whole concept of a woman being put up for sale in Pankti will belong to whoever bids highest. One bidder says Rs 50 lakh; a bidding process robs the women of her autonomy and is a blatant example of the other says Rs 55 lakh. One person says Pankti earlier belonged to JD commodification of women. Finding the very theme itself objectionable, BCCC decided to and there should be a discount. Somebody tries to grope Pankti and she CAUTION the channel. pushes him off the stage. 4 ‘Udaan’ Colors 2 Episode 10/08/18: Imli gets Chakor’s daughter kidnapped and forcibly gets 10/08/18 Episode 10/08/18: BCCC viewed the episode. It found that Imli, the antagonist, kidnaps ‘bandhua’ tattooed on her hand. She says Chakor, who wanted to rid 15/08/18 Chakor’s infant daughter and takes her to an isolated place. She tells people there that Anjor’s Azadganj of forced/bonded labour, will now have her daughter as a bonded 05/09/18: mother Chakor wanted to rid Azadganj of bonded labour and today her own daughter would labour. become bonded labour. Nothing objectionable was shown in the episode and putting the seal Episode 15/08/18: Gumaan Singh, who has an illicit relationship with Imli, on the infant child was implied. BCCC also factored in the scroll run by the channel that no child forces his wife to drink alcohol in front of Imli. When she resists, Gumaan was harmed during the shooting of the sequence and decided against any intervention. The forcibly presses her mouth and hand and compels her to drink alcohol. complaint was DISPOSED OF. This encourages domestic violence. Episode 15/08/18: BCCC viewed the episode. It found that Gumaan Singh and Imli, the Episode 05/09/18: Gumaan, as a punishment, asks to bring his wife’s antagonists, compel Gumaan Singh’s wife to drink alcohol. Imli makes a more caustic comment sister. When she comes to drop him to his room, he tells his wife that she that she does not mind sharing her husband with her so she should not mind sharing alcohol. must stand there and witness whatever is going on. “Else you will keep on BCCC felt the depiction was necessitated to reflect the antagonists’ brazen character and could committing the same mistake again.” He reminds that all of them are be treated as the character flaws that merit no interference. The complaint was DISPOSED OF. bonded labourers and he can do whatever he wants. Episode 05/09/18: The complaint would be taken up in the next meeting Page 1 of 96 S.NO Programme Channel Total Number Nature of Complaints Telecast date of Action By BCCC of Complaints the programme Received reviwed by BCCC Episode 11/09/18: Imli kidnaps Chakor’s daughter Anjor and brings her to 11/09/18 Episode 11/09/18: BCCC viewed the episode. Imli tells Anjor that she made a mistake last time a hill. She tells her that last time she committed a mistake by getting her 24/09/18 by throwing her dummy from the cliff. This time, she will not do so and she throws Anjor from dummy thrown, but this time she will not make a mistake. She throws Anjor the hill with her hands and legs tied. Anjor is shown to be falling into a water body. She from the hill and she falls in a lake. survives. It seems to be part of the drama that the channel intended to create. Not found maintainable, the complaint was DISPOSED OF. Episode 24/09/18: Gumaan’s younger brother’s wife unravels a plan to kill Episode 24/09/18: The complaint would be taken up in the next meeting Chakor and she speaks her mind to them. Gumaan’s brothers bring her to the haveli where Imli is present and in a fit of rage she spits on her face. Gumaan then tells her that he will now spend the day with her and deflower her as she has committed a big mistake. 5 Fear Files Zee TV 1 Kamal and Sujan are childless. They go to a greedy transgender tantrik 22-07-2018 BCCC viewed the episode and despite the channel’s disclaimer that the content is not who has illicit relations with Chandrika. One of her disciples, Sundari, also appropriate for child viewing, and despite the fact that the programme is shown during a transgender, finds out about their relationship and threatens to expose watershed hours, decided to issue a NOTICE to the channel and call it for a HEARING. The them. She is thrown out of the ashram. She takes shelter at Kamal’s channel may take note of Theme-1 dealing with ‘Crime and Violence’. Category-R says, house. The transgender tantrik cooks a plan that the couple will be blessed ‘Prolonged or frequent close-up shots of gruesome crime and violence’ and Point-B says with a child if they sacrifice a transgender. They bring Sundari to the tantrik ‘prolonged or frequent portrayal of explicit eccentric or abnormal violence or dangerous and he kills her. Then, Kamal is given her flesh to consume as prasad. behaviour’. Later, Kamal gets pregnant and Sundari’s soul enters her foetus. She kills Kamal’s husband Sujan and later Kamal stabs herself under the influence of the negative soul after killing the tantrik. The channel runs a disclaimer saying that it does not promote or endorse any such thing and viewers are expected not to believe in it. 6 ‘Yeh Teri Galiyan’ Zee TV 1 Chanda is shown to keep every decorative item on a plate to which one 10-08-2018 BCCC viewed the episode and found that Puchki, the child female protagonist, has been told woman says, “Is it ghungroo ashirwaad day?” Child protagonist Puchki about ‘ghunghroo ashirwaad day’ when a girl is formally inducted into flesh trade. The matron innocently asks as to what is this day and why is it celebrated. The oldest tells her that she will have to learn everything associated with a baadi girl. The child has been woman and matron of the baadi tells her that it is her official induction day depicted as resilient. She insists on attending school. She throws away all decorative items in the baadi. “From today, everything you do will bring money to this kept on a plate. This angers the matron. The overall message from the show is about the baadi/kotha. You do not have to go to school. You have to dance and learn child’s positivity. BCCC, however, felt the channel should take adequate caution against any to sell yourself.” A child artiste has been told of various ways of attracting comments which may impact children adversely.