Urdu1 is a channel that has been providing entertainment to Pakistanis for years now. It is mostly known for picking up international content, dubbing it and playing it for the Pakistani audience. They have aired countless Turkish dramas as well as Indian dramas. They have also aired realty shows over the years. Lately they have been promoting a Turkish drama titled Aseer starring Ertugrul’s Engin Altan on their YouTube and their latest promotional post got flack.
Aseer stars Engin Altan who has a considerably large fan following in Pakistan. He is loved by the audience and his drama was supposed to get a good viewership already.
A post shared by Urdu1 on Facebook showed actors from the series smooching. The channel chose that scene to promote an episode on their Facebook page.
This started backlash as Pakistani audiences do not like such scenes on their own television or even YouTube channels backed by Pakistani producers. One user wrote, “21 topon ki salami to whoever made this photo card.” Another added, “There is no need to show this on the thumbnail.” This is what went down:
This was the post: