The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has demanded that Netflix take down the TV show Bombay Begums, according to one of the individuals whose complaint was cited in the notice. That show, the notice claimed, would "pollute the young minds of children", and demanded that it be taken down within 24 hours. The notice cites scenes where a teenager goes through body image issues and does drugs in a party. The show is classified in India as 18+ (two years older than the show's rating in countries like the US and France, where it is rated 16+). Netflix declined to comment, and has not taken the show down. Priyank Kanoongo, the NCPCR's chair, told MediaNama that this was irrelevant, and that "Bachchon ko galat tareeke se portray nahi kar sakte. Adult viewer ko bhi yeh nahi bata sakte ki woh bachchon ko drugs de sakte hain. Ki bachchon ko groom kar sakte hain for sexual purpose. [You can't portray children in a wrong way. You can't tell even adult viewers that they can give drugs to children. That you can groom children for sexual purposes.]" Kanoongo added that Netflix hadn't replied to the commission yet. The notice cited a complaint against the show's content by a Twitter handle that is critical of what it sees as anti-Hindu narratives in Bollywood, and frequently calls the industry "Urduwood". The notice was also a result of complaints by Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj, a documentary filmmaker and men's rights activist, the handle said.…
