Ullu, ALTT & the OTT Ban: When Indian Censorship Goes OTT
So (checks notes)… the government just banned 25 OTT platforms—including Ullu, ALTT, and Desiflix—for streaming “soft porn” disguised as web series.
Moral police are celebrating. Aunties are sighing with relief. Twitter is suddenly full of virtue.
Let’s cut the crap.
If this is the bar for soft porn, half of Bollywood needs to be buried under FIRs. You ever seen a ‘90s Govinda song? Or an item number that randomly breaks out mid-tragedy? The real question isn’t whether content is “indecent”… the question is who decides decency? This whole wave of OTT censorship in India suddenly feels like a moral crusade rather than reform.
Indian cinema has been selling innuendo as culture for decades. From slow-mo raindrops on midriffs to horny comic relief characters, we’ve made sexual tension a genre.
So why target smaller OTT platforms? Because they’re easy. They don’t have PR machines. The recent OTT platform ban in India looks less like protecting viewers and more like flexing control.
But let’s be honest—our population crisis wasn’t caused by Ullu. And no one can deny that the Ullu ALTT ban controversy is sparking bigger questions about creative freedom and who draws the line.
Yes, content needs age labels.
Yes, moderation is important.
But bans? That’s not reform. That’s cowardice wearing Sanskaar as a mask. This kind of Indian OTT content regulation feels like someone is pressing mute on a whole segment of creators instead of giving them proper guidelines.
KG’s view:
Let the user choose.
Give them warnings, give them context, give them power.
Don’t snatch their remote like they’re toddlers with iPads.
Freedom isn’t filtered. It’s informed. And if the government censorship on OTT keeps tightening like this, we’ll soon be watching reruns of the same old ‘approved’ stories.
