A Muslim boy and a Hindu woman kissing in The Suitable Boy, the title of a canine in Pataal Lok, a Pakistani actor in a starring function in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil… Amazon Prime Video’s Tandav is the newest in a protracted line of movies and internet sequence which have discovered themselves in bother for one motive or one other.
Tandav, a nine-episode political thriller starring Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, began streaming final week and is neck deep in bother with loud requires its boycott and an FIR in opposition to its makers in Lucknow. At the centre of the row is a scene with Zeeshan, within the function of school scholar Shiva, taking part in the Hindu god Mahadev in a theatre manufacturing.
Here are another showbiz choices that confronted boycott calls lately:
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
The Karan Johar-directed romantic drama confronted threats from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) as a result of it featured Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. The celebration mentioned Pakistani artistes wouldn’t be allowed to work in India submit the Uri terror assault. Johar needed to challenge an apology and promise he wouldn’t “engage with talent” from Pakistan for the movie’s easy launch in October 2016. The filmmaker, considered one of Bollywood’s strongest, had earlier confronted bother for utilizing “Bombay” as an alternative of “Mumbai” in a scene in Wakeup Sid.
Padmaavat
The Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie led to an enormous political controversy earlier than its launch with fringe group Karni Sena demanding a ban on the film, blaming it for distorting historic info on Padmavati. Bhansali’s film’s set in Kolhapur was set on fireplace and the director was manhandled whereas taking pictures the film in Jaipur. At one level, actor Deepika Padukone confronted threats to her life with a bounty being placed on her head following a hearsay that the movie depicted a love scene between Padmavati and Allauddin Khilji. The director made strenuous efforts to disclaim the hearsay. The film additionally underwent a title change from Padmavati to Padmaavat and launched in January 2018.
Bhansali additionally confronted points together with his movie Ramleela and needed to change the title to Goliyon ki Rasleela Ram-Leela.
Chhapaak
The Deepika Padukone starrer, a real story of an acid assault survivor, confronted protests and requires boycott on social media as a result of the actor visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Campus to specific solidarity with the scholars after a brutal assault on them by masked goons forward of the movie’s launch on January 10, 2020. Padukone, who didn’t communicate on the protest, was known as “anti-national”. There was additional controversy with many accusing filmmaker Meghna Gulzar of adjusting the title of the perpetrator from a Muslim to Hindu, which was not the case.
A Suitable Boy
The Mira Nair-directed internet sequence primarily based on Vikram Seth’s novel streamed on Netflix from October 23, 2020, and earned the ire of a number of politicians for a scene displaying a Muslim boy kissing a Hindu woman within the backdrop of a temple. The present additionally led to a police grievance in opposition to Netflix India officers by Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha nationwide secretary Gaurav Tiwari in MP. State Home Minister Narottam Mishra had requested the state police to look at whether or not the scenes have been filmed in a temple because it harm the emotions of a specific group.
Paatal Lok
Like Tandav, the present on Amazon Prime Video additionally seemed on the nexus between media, politics and police. Set in Delhi, the Anushka Sharma-produced present, which began streaming from May 15, 2020, stirred controversy with BJP MLA Nandkishor Gurjar submitting a grievance for allegedly utilizing his {photograph} within the sequence with out his permission. Moreover, the hashtag ‘ban Paatal Lok’ trended on social media for its depiction of communal points, beef lynching and different points. There have been additionally objections to a pet canine being named ‘Savitri’.
Leila
The 2019 Netflix present by Deepa Mehta was primarily based on a novel by Prayaag Akbar. Featuring Huma Qureshi within the lead function, it was known as “anti Hindu” for depicting the dystopian way forward for Aryavarta the place purity of blood is enforced. The present’s protagonist searches for her daughter, who was taken away from her for being a baby of an inter-faith marriage.
Sacred Games
One of the primary profitable regionally produced sequence on Netflix in 2018 and 2019, Sacred Games attracted many controversies throughout its two season run. A Congress celebration member filed an FIR in opposition to the present for allegedly insulting former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The second season was criticised for hurting the non secular sentiments of Sikhs. BJP chief Tajinder Pal Bagga filed an FIR in opposition to director Anurag Kashyap for allegedly hurting the emotions of Sikhs, and Akali Dal’s Manjinder Singh Sirsa had additionally known as out the present. Besides this, Sacred Games was criticised for being anti-Hindu due to its portrayal of a personality known as Guruji, a religious chief proven as being a person of questionable morals and beliefs.
Lipstick Under My Burkha
The movie, directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, was initially denied a launch in India in 2017, after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) refused a certificates, objecting to its depiction of intercourse scenes and abusive language. The movie launched in July 2017.
