India comedy pulled from YouTube amid free speech fears

2015/02/05 08:13:32 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

The producers of an Indian comedy that & quot;roasted & quot; celebrities have pulled it from YouTube following a furore over its & quot;vulgar & quot; content that renewed fears for freedom of speech. The show hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar in December comically insulted several Bollywood actors in front of a large star-strewn audience in a format common in Western countries but rarely seen in India. A video of the show, called AIB Knockout which is heavy with profanities and sexual references, attracted more than eight million hits in just a few days when it was uploaded on YouTube late last month. Late Wednesday, the producers said they were pulling the video for & quot;pragmatic & quot; reasons, but added that India needed to confront the fact that freedom of expression was being curtailed.
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