The brouhaha over censorship of web content and crackdown on intimacy on screen and strong language has left actor Sikandar Kher perplexed. The Aarya (2020) actor says, “I don’t think there should be any censorship. There can be ratings, like how they have it abroad — PG-13, 17 and so on. At the end of the day, you are an adult and should be able to make your own decisions around what you want to watch.”

But what of the contention that swearing and sex scenes might sometimes just be bunged in by makers to draw eyeballs? The 41-year-old responds, “When you watch something, you get to know whether people are giving gaalis for the sake of it or showing stuff just like that.” He adds that viewers wouldn’t watch a project if a certain element doesn’t contribute to its quality: “If it is all over the place, it wouldn’t manage to attract people.”

The Tooth Pari: When Love Bites actor is happy with the way one good project is leading to the other in the web space. Kher, who will star in the Indian version of Citadel, says, “I am dubbing for it. We have almost wrapped it up. Raj (Nidimoru, one half of the filmmaker duo Raj & DK) saw Monica O My Darling (2022) and called me to his office the next day to offer this role.”