The coronavirus pandemic has led to entertainment shifting on OTT platforms as the theatres remain closed due to the scare. However, recently, Netflix has drawn negative flak from fans recently over their latest offering Krishna and His Leela.
The Telugu film released on Netflix recently has become a reason for netizens to show their displeasure as many feel that it hurts Hindu sentiments. The film features the lead character Krishna who has various physical romantic encounters with women.
However, one of the women with whom Krishna gets involved is named Radha. Seeing that the names of the lead characters Krishna and Leela have religious relevance, many netizens were outraged over the use of the names for a film with erotic content.
Several users took to social media to trend ‘Boycott Netflix’ as they expressed their anger and outrage against the OTT platform for hurting the Hindu sentiments by using the names of deities for a film with such content.
Here are the tweets:
Krishna and His Leela receives backlash, netizens trend #BoycottNetflix for its Hinduphobic content https://t.co/Ij9Am0IpLm
— Moviepoori (@moviepoori) June 29, 2020
Netflix Series “Krishna & His Leela” showing Krishna having sexual affairs wth many women & one of them named Radha.
This time Netflix & @AnushkaSharma does it together after her series #Patallok. Hopefully Anushka will get Padmashri as reward like Ekta Kapoor.#BoycottNetflix
— Rajaram Rathi (@rajaram_rathi) June 29, 2020
For the uninitiated, the film stars Siddu Jonnalagadda, Shraddha Srinath, Seerat Kapoor and Shalini Vadnikatti in the lead roles. It is directed by Ravikanth Perepu and produced by Suresh Productions, Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Sanjay Reddy. It is streaming on Netflix.
