A day after BJP leaders demanded a ban on Amazon internet sequence ‘Tandav’, police in Lucknow’s Hazratganj Kotwali station registered an FIR towards Amazon Prime’s India head of authentic content material Aparna Purohit, director of internet sequence ‘Tandav’ Ali Abbas Zafar, its producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, author Gaurav Solanki and others for allegedly hurting non secular sentiments.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting sought an evidence from the streaming platform after BJP MP Manoj Kotak wrote to I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar looking for a ban on Amazon Prime Video’s sequence ‘Tandav’ for allegedly ridiculing Hindu deities.
‘Tandav’, starring actors Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Sunil Grover, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Dino Morea, Kumud Mishra, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Gauhar Khan and Kritika Kamra, premiered on the streaming platform on Friday.
Kotak, the MP from Mumbai North-East, alleged that makes an attempt are sometimes made on such platforms to not present Hindu deities in good gentle.
He stated totally different organisations and people have complained that Hindu gods and goddesses have been ridiculed in ‘Tandav’ internet sequence.
“Hence, we have made a demand to Javadekar ji and have written to him to ban the web series immediately. The actors, producers and directors should apologise for hurting sentiments,” he added.
Another politician, Ram Kadam, a BJP MLA from Ghatkopar West, additionally requested the director to take away the portion of the net sequence wherein Lord Shiva is allegedly ridiculed.
The legislator stated he has filed a criticism on this connection on the suburban Ghatkopar police station.
The authorities lately introduced OTT platforms reminiscent of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar, apart from different on-line information and present affairs content material, underneath the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, giving it powers to manage insurance policies and guidelines for the digital house.