'Rasbhari' scene of girl child provocating drunk men upsets Prasoon Joshi, Swara Bhaskar says it's what society thinks

Film lyricist and Central Borad of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi expressed disappointment with a scene in 'Rasbhari' that shows a young girl dancing provocatively in front of drunk men. Swara Bhakar responded to his tweet and said that is how majority of the society has consumed the scene.

Prasoon Joshi tweeted to the makers of 'Rasbhari', including lead actress Swara Bhaskar, "Saddened by web series #Rasbhari’s irresponsible content portraying a little girl child dancing provocatively in front of men drinking. Creators & audience need to seriously rethink Freedom of expression or freedom of exploitation? Let’s spare children in the desperate need for entertainment."

Swara, in turn, responded writing, "Maybe there is a misunderstanding. The scene is different from what you have described. The kid is dancing on her own will. Her father is ashamed to see her. The dance is not provocative, the kid is just dancing, she isn't aware that the society will even sexualise her - this is what the scene shows."

Here are their tweets:

Saddened byWebseries #Rasbhari’s irresponsible content portraying alittle girl child dancing provocatively in frontof men drinking.Creators& audience need 2seriously rethink Freedomof expression or freedom of exploitation?Let’s spare children in thedesperate need4 entertainment.

— Prasoon Joshi (@prasoonjoshi_) June 26, 2020

#Rashbhari https://t.co/xUAmRBHHjJ

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) June 26, 2020

The scene features Swara's younger version on the show dancing to 'Saat Samundar Paar'. 'Rasbhari' and Swara also received a lot of backlash on Twitter for the movie. The film, which released on Amazon Prime, is the story of a young man named Nand (played by Ayushman Saxena), who falls for his teacher Shanu (Swara).