Dilip Joshi aka Jetha Lal from ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ bashes OTT shows for using abusive language

‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ star Dilip Joshi recently bashed OTT shows for using abusive language. OTT shows have had quite the boom with the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown. It is no secret that there is not much censorship in digital shows as compared to movies that have a theatrical release so there is quite a lot of abusive language shown in some OTT shows.  Dilip is not in agreement with the use of such language.

In an appearance on comedian Sorabh Pant’s YouTube podcast, he said, “On OTT platforms, we can see some mind-blowing work. There are some great performances. But I feel that there are a lot of expletives used when they are not necessary.”

Talking about the web series, ‘Bandish Bandits’, Joshi said, “Like I saw Bandish Bandits recently and it was wonderful. It had wonderful performances and Shankar, Ehsaan, and Loy gave superb music. But there is one character in it who is himself not comfortable to give gaalis. That was really funny. I don’t know if they have a clause to have cuss words. Without that also, you can do great work.” 

 

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Dilip praised veteran actors who made a great contribution to cinema with such language,  “Like Raj Kapoor ji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ji and Shyam Benegal ji have done timeless work. They didn’t feel the need to include gaalis.” He added, “If you want to show reality, then also show people going to the toilet and taking a bath. What you cater to the audience, matters. What you see, remains with you. Do you want to create a society in which people talk only using abusive language? There is a limit for everything. If it is within limit, it is enjoyable. If it goes beyond limit, it starts troubling you… I can understand that you need to change with time and evolve. Lekin kya gaali dena aage badhna hai (Does using bad language mean progress)? Whatever is happening in the West, you want to do that here. The west is looking at the culture of the east. Our culture and traditions are the oldest. We have so many amazing things in our culture and without knowing that, you have to blindly follow the West. In their culture, they use the F-word a lot and so it doesn’t seem unnatural in their shows and content. It’s not that here. Do you talk to your parents like that?”

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