Brij Mohan Amar Rahe

Review of Viu’s Banned: A pacey and gripping tale with music meeting politics

Freedom of Speech has always been a contentious issue in India. Governments of all stripes have charged artists with sedition. Upcoming OTT platform, Viu, has tried to address this issue in a humorous way, through its new web series, Banned, produced by Mautik Tolia and Sukesh Motwani’s Bodhi Tree Productions. It traces the journey of a musical group, nicknamed Swag Busters, who get hauled over the coals for a song which exhorts the Brits to regain control over India. Interestingly, till the fourth episode (first four were uploade | Click Here...