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Should Adults only films be banned?

Depicting of nudity and artistic handling of scenes of sex, which would give aesthetic pleasure to adult viewers, censoring of which would tantamount to curtailing freedom of expression which is enshrined in our constitution itself.

Except for unrealistic moralists (who are trying to impose curbs on natural laws, most of whom are in their dotage) board minded adult-viewers who are endowed with a healthy appetite, would certainly enjoy the adult-fare for depiction of complex nature of human behaviour itself makes such movies thoroughly thought - provoking and stimulating to the perceptive adult cinema - viewers. Banning of films such as renowned Japanese film director Akira Kurasawa’s master-piece Rashamon which handles an adult theme with admirable subtlety and finesse, poor understanding of the aesthetics.

However, in this set-up, the state appointed officials who will be given wide-powers to censor imported low quality films, which are replete with crude sex scenes, may have justified grounds for their involvement in safeguarding the refined taste-buds of the adult population who may otherwise be subjected to moral degradation.

It must be remembered that our country which was known as the pearl of the Indian ocean, was bestowed with a populace who were very tolerant and liberal in their attitudes. After all our ancient kings too were blessed with very liberal attitudes towards sex. So that it was natural that our great kings had no qualms of maintaining a harem.

Arguably this draconian law of censorship if implemented fully, can enlarge its tentacles, so that dramas, television programs, advertisements, etc. can be subjected to its purview though this may seem literally as an exaggeration.

Understandably parents are concerned about their children whose tender minds can be corrupted if they are subjected to over-dose of unabated violence and crude-sex which is churned out, over the idiot box. Therefore some restrictions on children and adolescents who may be lured to instincts of violence and sex, by watching adult-fare over the television or cinema can be justified on moral grounds.

To sum up any restrictions or censorship on adults should be challenged, if necessary at the highest courts, for it imposes curbs on his or her basic human rights of expression. However there should be some censorship on programs over the television as children of tender age can be affected by unmitigated violence and uncouth sex.

It is in this scenario, it is imperative while some restrictions on children’s programs are implemented on moral grounds, the adult population is not subjected to any abominable censorship, which should be rightly considered as obsolete and impracticable.

Finally let’s hope that our adults populace will be given a choice in deciding what is decent or good for them rather than summarily ordered to obey meekly to a decree issued by a state-body with unmitigated authority who will undoubtedly preen as paragons of moral excellence. After all in a democracy as mentioned earlier individual freedom of expression is enshrined by its constitution it self.

 

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