Nach Baliye 9: Did Hotstar Deliberately Delay Sanam Johar’s Act on LGBTQ Community? Here’s What the Actor Has to Say
Actor-dancer Sanam Johar, who had put an act on Section 377, the LGBT issue, was surprised when he found out that his segment of last week’s episode was delayed on Hotstar. However, on clarifying with the team, he put out a post on the photo-sharing app as his Instagram story, which read, "It certainly was a misunderstanding on my behalf where the portion of the episode was not featured due to technical glitches and not for any other reason.
Nach Baliye 8 runner-up Sanam Johar, who shot to fame with the dance reality show Dance India Dance and garnered more popularity when he participated in the couple dance reality show – Nach Baliye 8 with his girlfriend Abigail Pande, is currently seen in the Salman Khan-produced dance reality show Nach Baliye 9 as a choreographer to ex-couple, Madhurima Tuli and Vishal Aditya Singh. The actor-dancer, who had put an act on Section 377, the LGBT issue, was surprised when he found out that his segment of last week’s episode was delayed on Hotstar. Nach Baliye 9: Season 8’s Sanam Johar and Abigail Pande’s Premiere Performance in A Hot Air Balloon Is One To Watch Out For!
Talking about it, Johar, in a statement, had said, "I was also surprised when I watched the episode on Hotstar and saw that it was missing as in this day and age a lot of us are not able to tune in live to watch a particular episode. Our act, the marks as well as the judge’s remarks had all been edited out because of global permissions. However, though delayed later on the act was added in but we lost out on the time when the voting lines were open. Its a very ‘real’ issue which our country has recently tackled and I’m hoping that through entertainment we are able to make a small difference to society when possible." Nach Baliye 9: Surbhi Chandna’s Enchanting All-Black Avatar for Salman Khan’s Dance Show Needs to Be Bookmarked Right Away (View Pics)
However, later, on clarifying with the team, he put out a post on the photo-sharing app as his Instagram story, which read, "It certainly was a misunderstanding on my behalf where the portion of the episode was not featured due to technical glitches and not for any other reason. I completely understand the scenario and fortunately, the dance performance of Vishal and Madhurima has now been successfully added to the episode after rectifying the technical issues. You can all watch very special dance performance based on the LGBTQ theme on Hotstar. I’m grateful to you all and the team of Nach Baliye 9 for the continued support." Nach Baliye 9: Surbhi Chandna, Namit Khanna and Mohnish Bahl Grace the Sets of Salman Khan’s Dance Reality Show (Watch Video)
Meanwhile, with only a few weeks of its launch, Nach Baliye 9 is already everybody's favourite and the television TRP report (that released last week by BARC) is proof as the show made its way into the list of top 5 shows. Nach Baliye 9 is a dance reality show that has our favourite television celebs dancing with their real-life partners and this time, also ex-partners. Through this show, we get to see another side of the lives of our favourite celebrity couples. Speaking of judges, season 9 will reportedly see Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon and choreographer Ganesh Acharya to be judging the dance reality show.
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