Did you feel a certain episode in a TV serial was too hot to handle? Or were you disturbed by a violent scene? The newly formed Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) is at your service.
The council has been set up to take corrective measures and issue guidelines to Indian general entertainment channels. The body has received 80-90 complaints since it was set up in June.
Once the organisation receives the viewers' suggestions or complaints, it takes action, explains Naresh Chahal, director (Finance), BCCC.
"We have got a scroll on channels saying if the viewers have any complaints regarding the content of the show, then they can contact us. Then the committee takes a call on whether the mistake is genuine or not and accordingly we issue guidelines to the channels," Chahal said.
However, he feels "content is a very subjective issue and self-regulation is the best that one can do".
"It is very difficult to define what is right, what is wrong. But the council will keep a check so that nothing obscene is shown on television," he added.
BCCC is an independent council formed by the Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF), comprising a committee of 13 members, headed by A.P.Shah, former chief justice of the high court.
BCCC examines feedback from not just viewers but also NGOs, RWAs and the ministry of information and broadcasting to ensure that the content of the programmes is in conformity with its Self Regulatory Content Guidelines.
According to the council's website, ibfindia.com, a viewer can complain against the breach of guidelines with respect to national interest, racial and religious harmony, social values, kissing, sex and nudity, violence and crime, drugs, smoking, tobacco, solvents and alcohol, libel, slander and defamation.
Chahal hopes the viewers will realise the worth of this exercise in time.
It is important for viewers to take note that any complaint pertaining to a programme should be filed within 15 days of the day of broadcast for the BCCC to take immediate action.
