A Tamil movie starring actor Sivakarthikeyan portrays a hospital administering carbon monoxide to patients to render them brain dead for harvesting organs. “Breathe”, a web television series starring actor Madhavan shows registered organ donors being murdered for organs.

How films and television portray organ donation and transplantation is crucial as it could influence public view, experts said. When such myths are portrayed, it was important to create a force to counter them, said Sunil Shroff, managing trustee of MOHAN Foundation, an NGO working for promotion of organ donation…..Readmore