Bhojpuri Film Industry Creates Sexist Songs On Coronavirus

With a serious issue of Coronavirus faced by the world today, the Bhojpuri film industry turned issue of Coronavirus into a sexist and bizarre issue. A song Humra lehenga mein corona virus ghusal ba is going viral on social media platforms. The racist and sexist tone of these songs has been criticized by several netizens. Guddu Rangila, a sensation in Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh has several songs which have turned sexist.

The song also talks about NRC in India which goes on to say Apna lehenga mein NRC laagu hokhey na dem. Rangila crossed all boundaries for making fun of such a serious issue like Coronavirus. He is known to release songs during the festival of Holi and has gained the name of Holi Samrat. One of his song talks about the emperor who fetishes his ‘bhauji (sister-in-law’s)’ lehenga

He also owns a YouTube channel, Sanjivani which has over two lakh subscribers and several videos are uploaded pertaining to Bhojpuri genre. The lyrics of which are vulgar and promotes rapes. Such disturbing songs are going viral on social media. The singer has several songs which describe women in bad light. Recently, several singers like Khesari Lal Yadav, Guddu Rangeela and Pravin Uttam among others have released Bhojpuri songs on the deadly Coronavirus such as Cheen Se Aayil Coronavirus and Hello Kaun Coronavirus to name a few.

Several content creators have criticized such act on their social media platforms. However, it is shocking that such songs and videos are being watched millions of times and is being widely shared. The video platform YouTube has failed to pull down the video due to non clarity on language used in the video. The content in Bhojpuri language is mostly consumed by audience located in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and its neighboring regions.