drama NSFW sikh gangs portrayed as rapists on an Indian Hindi Amazon Prime Video Police Cops drama show "Paatal Lok". The gangs include gatra wearing Amritdhari Singhs!

[ipledgeblue]

I forgot to post this during covid. This is alarming as they are trying to portay amritdharis in such a disgusting way, on a hindi drama! The act isn't being done by an amritdhari, but still a sardar type person and the amritdharis are part of the gang that is watching!

I feel like there was some anti-sikh sentiment and is dangerous as it came to air in 2020, during the big farmer kisaan andolan rallies in Delhi!

The scene is not graphic and only a few seconds, so kind of NSFW.

this is on season 1 episode 3! For context watch from 13:50-18:00

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B08BYZB14R/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

[ipledgeblue]

decided to research this online and there has been discussions about this:

https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2020/05/23/paatal-lok-anushka-sharma-slammed-showing-sikhs-as-rapists.html

https://x.com/mssirsa/status/1264066128193732608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1264066396465627136%7Ctwgr%5E853ba1ff35d6f57a2c1e044d52d38acc812f770d%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theweek.in%2Fnews%2Fentertainment%2F2020%2F05%2F23%2Fpaatal-lok-anushka-sharma-slammed-showing-sikhs-as-rapists.html

[BhForce]

On 6/10/2024 at 7:14 AM, ipledgeblue said:

This is alarming as they are trying to portay amritdharis in such a disgusting way, on a hindi drama! The act isn't being done by an amritdhari, but still a sardar type person and the amritdharis are part of the gang that is watching!

I haven't watched the entire series, but just from 13 minutes onwards. 

What happens is that one young man cuts up or kills three young men. The 10 or so men from the village come and rape the killer's mother. 

Honestly, wasn't Poonam Dhillon (the actress who plays the mother) ashamed to film the scene? The scence could have just been portrayed only with audio and the reactions of the killer's father.

While the killer is portrayed as a mona and the victims as keshadhari, the killer's father is portrayed as keshadhari, too. So it's not a Hindu-Sikh conflict, apparently.
 

[BhForce]

On 6/10/2024 at 7:19 AM, ipledgeblue said:

decided to research this online and there has been discussions about this:

https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2020/05/23/paatal-lok-anushka-sharma-slammed-showing-sikhs-as-rapists.htm

While some are calling for the banning of the series, I don't know if that's going to happen.

I do think we might explore bans on the other end: I.e., the actors.

Whether they were Sikhs or not, weren't they ashamed to portray religious Sikhs as participating in such acts? We can explore social boycotts of the actors and also questioning them in social media and other places. If they get enough pushback, the next actor who is asked to portray such a scene may have second thoughts.