BBC documentary ignites debate, attracts thousands and thousands

A two-part BBC documentary, The Killing Name, has taken YouTube by storm. In beneath 24 hours of being uploaded, every half has been considered by thousands and thousands, and counting. What fuels this widespread curiosity is not that the movie presents truths stranger than fiction. Slightly, it lies within the documentary’s methodical, polished, and factual presentation of occasions which can be already a focus in on a regular basis discussions all through Punjab.

One of many key elements behind the documentary’s sudden recognition would be the objections raised by the late Punjabi icon Sidhu Moosewala’s father Balkor Singh, who has expressed dissatisfaction on a number of fronts.

First, he has claimed that the filmmakers didn’t take his permission to discover his son’s life and premature dying, and has filed a proper criticism at Mumbai’s Juhu police station to that impact. He has additionally approached Mansa district court docket apprehending that the discharge of the documentary might compromise or prejudice an ongoing judicial trial of his son’s homicide.

Ignoring the objections raised by Singh, the BBC went forward and launched the documentary on YouTube on 11 June at 5.30 am IST, intentionally timing it to coincide with the delivery anniversary of Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly often called Sidhu Moosewala. Curiously, the discharge was aligned with midnight GMT, marking the official begin of Moosewala’s birthday globally. In the meantime, in his native village, a birthday occasion had been organised within the singer’s reminiscence.

Only a day after its launch, the case got here up for listening to in Mansa district court docket. On Thursday, 12 June, in the course of the proceedings, the court docket declined to problem a keep order in opposition to the documentary. Nevertheless, it directed the filmmakers to submit their response to the objections by 16 June. By then, it was evident that the viewership of the movie would have elevated exponentially.