{"id":232496,"date":"2019-08-27T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T05:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=232496"},"modified":"2019-08-27T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T05:57:55","slug":"pakistanis-are-cancelling-netflix-over-bard-of-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistanis-are-cancelling-netflix-over-bard-of-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistanis Are Cancelling Netflix Over &#8220;Bard of Blood&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistanis are canceling their Netflix subscriptions and they have Bollywood&#8217;s King Khan to blame.<\/p>\n<p>Recently the &#8216;<em>King of Bollywood<\/em>&#8216;, Shahrukh Khan released the trailer for his new Netflix series \u2018<strong><em>Bard of Blood<\/em><\/strong>\u2019. Immediately, an overwhelming number of Pakistanis took SRK to task over stereotyping Muslims as brown terrorists yet again.<\/p>\n<p>While Bollywood has done so for ages, the Pakistani audience expected better from Netflix. Especially since Netflix has also created well-received content like <strong><em>Brown Nation<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Dear White People<\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em>When They See Us<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Not even SRK or the writer Bilal Siddiqui stopped once to think about the severity of projecting racist stereotypes against brown Muslims.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/muslims-are-terrorists-yet-again-in-shahrukh-khans-netflix-series-bard-of-blood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muslims Are Terrorists Yet Again in Shahrukh Khan&#8217;s Netflix Series &#8220;Bard of Blood&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>While public figures like Mehwish Hayat and Major General Asif Ghafoor condemned this, someone else had a better idea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This just vindicates what I have been saying for so long. Another week &amp; yet another anti-Pakistan project. Now can we wake up, smell the coffee &amp; see Bollywood\u2019s agenda for what it is?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsrk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamsrk<\/a> Be patriotic, nobody is stopping you &#8211; just don\u2019t do it at the expense of vilifying us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCElRpJAa1\">https:\/\/t.co\/iCElRpJAa1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MehwishHayat\/status\/1164869310982033408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stay in bollywood syndrome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsrk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamsrk<\/a> . For reality see RAW Spy Kulbhushan Jadev, Wing Comd Abhinandan &amp; state of 27 Feb 2019.<br \/>You could rather promote peace &amp; humanity by speaking against atrocities in IOJ&amp;K and against Hindituva of Nazism obsessed RSS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0FWqoRQsO6\">https:\/\/t.co\/0FWqoRQsO6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Asif Ghafoor (@peaceforchange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peaceforchange\/status\/1164900717057978368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Swedish-Pakistani YouTuber, Furqan Shayk called for Muslims to cancel their Netflix subscriptions to send a clear message.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FurqanShayk\/status\/1164998727473487873<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Furqan Shayk, Pakistanis don&#8217;t have the option of switching to <em>Hulu<\/em> for the time being. But are brown Muslims really going to allow their money to be used to paint them as terrorists?<\/p>\n<p>Most Pakistani Muslims joined Furqan Shayk and canceled their subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaanSaa74089761\/status\/1165029775120969728<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exactly. I am canceling too<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shan ul Qadir (@Shanulqadir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shanulqadir\/status\/1165138724985954310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/pettyGirlforu\/status\/1165251414731513859<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/beware-the-truth-modi-government-asks-youtube-to-ban-lynch-nation-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beware the Truth: Modi Government Asks YouTube To Ban &#8220;Lynch Nation&#8221; Documentary<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone should cancel Netflix until they stop showing this kind of BS<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Salma (@SalmaKh44617024) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SalmaKh44617024\/status\/1165433312908677120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am cancelling my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@netflix<\/a><br \/>Subscription too. All my friends will cancels theirs soon too. We should start a campaign against netflix to cancel our subscriptions until they put down the show. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetffAnders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NetffAnders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixBrasil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NetflixBrasil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Youtube Automators (@youtubeconsult) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youtubeconsult\/status\/1165228341294706688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes Netflix should review it&#39;s content!!Supporting India&#39;s twisted,baseless and inaccurate point of view!!<br \/>Going to cancel my subscription!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/netflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#netflix<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CancelNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CancelNetflix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Madiha (@Madi22946435) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Madi22946435\/status\/1165214170251517954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What about the nay-sayers that assert this won&#8217;t make a difference? Furqan Shayk has some ideas.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cThere are about 1 billion Muslims around the world. (Even if) only if 1 million cancels, sure they will give a damn.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FurqanShayk\/status\/1165274332286869506<\/p>\n<h3>More About Bard of Blood<\/h3>\n<p>The Indian spy thriller series, <strong><em>Bard of Blood<\/em><\/strong> is produced by SRK&#8217;s Red Chillies Entertainment. It also cast Muslim actor Emraan Hashmi as the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Emraan plays an excommunicated RAW agent, Kabir Anand who leads a dangerous rescue mission in Balochistan, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The series is based on a book &#8216;<em>Bard of Blood<\/em>&#8216; by Bilal Siddiqi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trailer opens with a scene in Balochistan. Right off the bat, the &#8216;jihadi Muslims&#8217; are framed as villains as they plan to execute Indian spies that were attempting to deliver sensitive information to India.<\/p>\n<p>Kabir Anand is then called out to go to Balochistan for a rescue mission.<\/p>\n<p>Bollywood revenge fantasy aside, espionage is an International crime. Realistically speaking, there&#8217;s a reason the International Court of Justice (ICJ) did not object to the prosecution of Indian spy Kulbushan Jhadav by the Pakistani authorities.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/john-abraham-calls-out-fellow-indians-for-stereotyping-pakistanis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Abraham Calls Out Fellow Indians For Stereotyping Pakistanis<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Hollywood has always painted out non-white demographics to be the villain from Germans, Eastern Europeans, and now brown people. To bumbling idiots ethnic minorities, African-Americans and brown people.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Bollywood has always promoted a negative and false image of Pakistan. However, this time, it\u2019s more serious due to the timing and current tension between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Though we can&#8217;t expect Bollywood and Hollywood to change their old habits overnight, streaming services like Netflix can be made to see where their inclusive content falls short. It all starts with your wallets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistanis are canceling their Netflix subscriptions and they have Bollywood&#8217;s King Khan to blame. Recently the &#8216;King of Bollywood&#8216;, Shahrukh Khan released the trailer for his new Netflix series \u2018Bard of Blood\u2019. Immediately, an overwhelming number of Pakistanis took SRK to task over stereotyping Muslims as brown terrorists yet again. While Bollywood has done so for ages, the Pakistani audience [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistanis-are-cancelling-netflix-over-bard-of-blood\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":232551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-232496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-social-media","10":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"Will Netflix lose an entire market demographic?","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/netfix-cancel-in-pakistan-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/netfix-cancel-in-pakistan-758x426.jpg",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/netfix-cancel-in-pakistan.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Social Media","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"Pakistanis Are Cancelling Netflix Over \u201cBard of Blood\u201d","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1291,1297&exclude=232496","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232496"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=232496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}