After the COVID-19 pandemic OTP platform has gained great success. Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar new romantic drama web series released on 25th June 2020 on amazon prime videos. The trailer was released on Wednesday. This show revolves around the plot of an English teacher from Meerut.

The plot of the show

Shanu Bansal in (Swara Bhaskar) is seen in seductress role, there is one student named Nand Kishore Tyagi (ayushman Saxena) insult he insults his father and starts coaching from Shantanu mam. Meanwhile, the boy also tries to measure the character of a teacher by his gazes, but later learn the truth that the woman who had become the talk of the town is some woman named 'Rasbhari'. At the same time the women of the entire surrounding it ready to run away to the English teacher when the student comes to know about this, he tries to save Shanu mam. The story and drama still up when none falls in love with an English teacher for a stop just after the release of Rasbhari, it is trapped in several controversies. People trolled actor as well as web series on social media.

Controversial angle

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi raised an objection on a scene from the web series. Through his tweet on Friday, he criticised the making and concept of the show and pointed out a scene as "irresponsible content". His tweet goes over:

"Saddened by Web series #Rasbhari's irresponsible content portraying a little girl child dancing provocatively in front of men drinking. Creators and audience need to seriously rethink Freedom of expression or freedom of exploitation? Let's spare children in the desperate need for entertainment."

After that Swara Bhaskar responded to his tweet, she took charge of explaining the purpose of the scene to Prasoon Joshi and pointed out that maybe he misunderstood it.

Respected sir, maybe you are misunderstanding the scene. The way you are describing the scene, it is just the opposite. The child is dancing at her own will. Her father feels embarrassed after seeing this. The dance is not provocative. She is simply dancing and has no idea about how society will sexualise her too. This is what the scene shows. #Rashbhari" tweeted Swara Bhasker in Hindi.

Well after this segment all netizens are seeking their different viewpoints. Some are calling it Adult Film, and requesting censor board to regulate the content.

Few are expressing that Joshi is misinterpreting the scene, some are trolling Swara. There are many such varied comments and reviews are flooding about the show and for.

Written by Kanishtha Singh, a Mass Communication student at Makhanlal Chaturvedi University(MCU), Bhopal. Interested in covering women, political and international issues.

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