The ‘king’ then asks his minister if they should travel to the south of the kingdom in disguise. The children are also seen making fun of the disinvestment scheme and the rule of the king in the nation, to which the judges and others present in the audience are seen applauding. The other child, dressed as the minister, responds that a similar incident took place in a country called Sindhiya (a made up kingdom), where “that king also did the same thing as you, like a fool.”Īlso read: Demonetisation and the Art of Tackling India’s Black EconomyĬontinuing the conversation, they go on to say that instead of eradicating black money, the ‘king’ merely wears jackets of different colours and roams around. He then concludes that it is black money and says that if all the money is demonetised, then black money will be eradicated. In the said skit, the child dressed as the king wonders what is stopping the growth of his country. In the skit aired on Zee Tamil, the children seem to be narrating the story of this king who tried to demonetise the currency in a bid to eradicate black money, but failed to do so.
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The king in the movie also lives extravagantly, even when there is poverty and famine in the land. In the film, Tamil comedy actor Vadivelu plays the role of a king, controlled by the British and portrayed as vain, silly and one who puts people in jail at his whim. The skit was aired on January 15 and in the episode, two children dressed as the king and a minister from a popular Tamil historical political satire film, Imsai Arasan 23 am Pulikesi, are seen making fun of the ruler of a country named ‘Sindhiya’. In a letter to Zee Tamil, C.T.R Nirmal Kumar, state president of the IT and social media cell of BJP in Tamil Nadu, has written to the channel asking it to take the programme off air, alleging that “obnoxious” comments were made against the prime minister. The BJP in Tamil Nadu has questioned a recently-aired episode of reality television show ‘Junior Super Stars Season 4’, broadcast on Zee Tamil, alleging that two child contestants performed a skit that was meant to mock Prime Minister Narendra Modi.