(24 News) Barzakh, a web series jointly produced by Pakistan and India, was made for the Indian streaming website Zee-Five. Among them are Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed. In Barzakh, Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed play the role of half-sisters. The first and second episodes of the series Barzakh released on the Indian YouTube channel Zindagi and Z5 on July 19. Pakistani and Indian fans won their hearts, then Pakistani fans got angry after watching the third episode of the series.
In fact, in the third episode of Barzakh, romantic scenes and attraction between two male characters were shown, in addition to this, the series also showed immoral content and mentalization of children, after which the demand to ban the series began to grow. And this series, which is a joint production of India, was surrounded by such controversies after its release that the Indian channel Zee Zindagi, which broadcasts it, has announced that it will be removed from YouTube in Pakistan. The last of the six-episode series. The episode was released on YouTube on August 6, but on the same day, Zee Zindagi said in a statement that after August 9, access to this drama on YouTube will not be possible in Pakistan. The statement on the channel’s social media accounts said. That in light of the current public sentiment in Pakistan, we have decided to voluntarily remove Barzakh from YouTube Pakistan.
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In this regard, the critics say that an attempt is being made to promote homosexual culture under a well-thought-out conspiracy. Obviously, there is no room for this kind of culture in our society. Critics of Barzakh argue that issues like homosexuality should not be normalized on screen. After the release of the series, be it journalists or YouTubers, everyone on social media in Pakistan reacted to it. And during this time it was also seen that many such information were also presented which fueled the opposition about the play.
After the series was announced to be removed from YouTube in Pakistan, anti-Barzakh campaigners continued to claim it as their success. The director made a list of the biggest sins from the Quran and made a play on them. Pakistani singer Aima Baig wrote on Instagram after the news of Barzakh being removed from YouTube in Pakistan, “Sorry. It was not the kind of film our generation wanted to see, perhaps the worst way to get attention.
Now, critics are also criticizing the attempt to resort to such immoral content to make the series a hit, while some critics believe that it is an attempt at LGBTQ awareness under a well-thought-out plot. Now Pemra’s position regarding the Barzakh series was also revealed. In a statement issued by Pemra on social media, it said that the drama series ‘Rizakh’ is being aired on the online platform, the content available online and on social media does not come under the jurisdiction of Pemra. Pemra pointed out its statement. That this series is not being aired by any satellite channel licensed by Pemra. Now, big questions have been raised on the Barzakh series and those who released it have also decided to remove it from YouTube due to the criticism. But the question is that this series has been aired and in such a way it can affect the mind of whoever watched it. Now if anything can be shown in the series on social media and there is a check and balance on it. If not, such content will continue to be shown in the future. There is a need to create a mechanism to censor such series on social media content.
2024-08-08 08:45:21