Bharatpur, India.
A small group of parents have gone against big-buck media groups, such as TATA Sky and Showtime Entertainment, complaining about the negative influence of some shows on children. The protest has emerged due to the innocent comments of 7 year old Jatin Stanely, commonly known as Jayt the Steel in the neighbourhood.
"I sell coconuts for a living," says Jatin's father, Murli, "Jayt is always around because we have no such service as day-care over here. He used to admire my knives, which was fine, but few days ago he picked it up and hummed (hums the opening sequence tune of the TV show, Dexter). That's when me and my wife got worried."
The popular TV show, Dexter, is based on a novel by Jeff Lindsay, the story of which revolves around a "heroic psychopath" says Murli.
"See, tomorrow it can be any of our kids, or even yours!" says Jimbo, the leader of the group, unaware that none of our reporters are allowed to get married. "These shows are having a major negative influence on our kids. And the media groups need to take some responsibility!"
The media on the other hand seems to have taken note of the issue -- however, in the opposite way. Popular Indian film director, Ram Gopal Verma, sees the story of Jayt as one that needs to be told through the silver-screen, while maximising profits for his production house. "I want to make a film about everything," says Ram Gopal. "I can already imagine the poster -- Chotta Dexter!" he said as he turned to his laptop and designed a "concept poster" in 10 minutes.
"Here, take it" he said, saving the poster on a USB stick, "it's a gift from me."
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