The producers of an Indian comedy that "roasted" celebrities have pulled it from YouTube following a furore over its "vulgar" content that renewed fears for freedom of speech. The show hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar in December comically insulted several Bollywood actors in front of a large star-strewn audience in a format common in Western countries but rarely seen in India. A video of the show, called AIB Knockout which is heavy with profanities and sexual references, attracted more than eight million hits in just a few days when it was uploaded on YouTube late last month. Late Wednesday, the producers said they were pulling the video for "pragmatic" reasons, but added that India needed to confront the fact that freedom of expression was being curtailed.
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