A tabloid reports that Netflix India has received a complaint against a particular scene in Anurag Kashyap's short film 'Ghost Stories'. Filed earlier last week, the complaint is among the first grievances to be registered after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in February formulated the Information Technology Rules 2021.
As per rules, social media platforms and streaming services need to set up redressal mechanisms to address viewers' grievances. The scene in Kashyap's film features actress Sobhita Dhulipala's character consuming a foetus after suffering a miscarriage.
According to the media report, the complainant says, “The scene is not required for the story, and if the creators wished to add such a scene, there should have been a trigger warning for women who have gone through the trauma of miscarriages.” A Netflix spokesperson is quoted in the report as saying, “As this was a partner-managed production, we reached out to the production company to share the complaint.”
Released in January 2020, 'Ghost Stories' features short films helmed by Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Zoya Akhtar. The group of filmmakers had earlier collaborated on 'Lust Stories'.
