{"id":17157,"date":"2017-07-08T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T20:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=17157"},"modified":"2017-07-08T13:42:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T20:42:23","slug":"shoojit-sircar-calls-for-a-ban-on-reality-shows-involving-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/shoojit-sircar-calls-for-a-ban-on-reality-shows-involving-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoojit Sircar Calls for a Ban on Reality Shows Involving Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

File photo of Amitabh Bachchan (l) and producer and director Shoojit Sircar (r) at a press conference to promote the Hindi film “Pink” in Mumbai, Sept. 19, 2016. (AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Director Shoojit Sircar, in a tweet, has asked authorities to ban reality TV shows that have children as participants.<\/p>\n

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Sircar said not only such shows are destroying the kids emotionally and physically but also taking away their innocence from them in early ages.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumble request to authorities to urgently ban all reality shows involving children. It\u2019s actually destroying them emotionally and their purity,\u201d he wrote, July 4.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the \u201cPiku\u201d filmmaker had also directed a short film \u201c#ReleaseThePressure,\u201d which dealt with the pressure children go through during exam season.<\/p>\n

The short film aimed at creating awareness in parents about their child\u2019s performance anxiety.<\/p>\n

\u201cMounting pressure on the kids to perform, has become a stark reality of every urban child\u2019s growing up years. And I firmly believe our primary responsibility as a conscientious parent, as citizens and as makers of this film, is to not only raise this issue but also to raise it in a manner keeping in mind the sensitivity of the matter for the kids that face it,\u201d Sircar told PTI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

File photo of Amitabh Bachchan (l) and producer and director Shoojit Sircar (r) at a press conference to promote the Hindi film “Pink” in Mumbai, Sept. 19, 2016. (AFP\/Getty Images) Director Shoojit Sircar, in a tweet, has asked authorities to ban reality TV shows that have children as participants. Sircar said not only such shows…<\/p>\n

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