Image Source : INSTAGRAM/SUNILGROVER Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Tandav’ makers apologize for allegedly hurting non secular sentiments
A prison case has been registered right here towards the makers of the online collection ‘Tandav’ and Amazon’s India head of authentic content material for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in an objectionable method, hurting the non secular sentiments of individuals. The FIR was lodged towards Amazon’s India head of authentic content material, Aparna Purohit, collection director Ali Abbas, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, author Gaurav Solanki, and an unknown individual on Sunday evening. And now the makers of the online collection have issued an unconditional apology within the newest launched official assertion.
The official assertion was tweeted by the director and browse: “We have been carefully monitoring viewer reactions to the online collection ‘Tandav’ and at the moment throughout a dialogue, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have knowledgeable us concerning a lot of grievances and petitions acquired on varied aspects of the online collection with critical considerations and apprehensions concerning its content material hurting the feelings of the folks.
The internet collection ‘Tandav’ is a piece of fiction and any resemblance to acts and individuals and occasions is only coincidental. The solid and crew didn’t have any intention to offend the feelings of any particular person, caste, group, race, faith or non secular beliefs or insult or outrage any establishment, political occasion or individual, dwelling or useless. The solid and crew of ‘Tandav’ take cognizance of the considerations expressed by the folks and unconditionally apologize if it has unintentionally damage anyone’s sentiments.”
Our honest apologies . pic.twitter.com/Efr9s0kYnl— ali abbas zafar (@aliabbaszafar) January 18, 2021
The movie starred 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.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Somen Burma stated a four-member police crew left for Mumbai on Monday for an in depth probe into the matter. “The FIR was lodged at Hazratganj police station by its Senior Sub Inspector Amarnath Yadav himself after he saw the allegedly objectionable web series,” the DCP stated.
BSP President Mayawati, in the meantime, referred to as for eradicating the objectionable content material from the online collection. “Protests are being lodged against some scenes hurting the religious and ethnic sentiments in the Tandav web series, in respect of which it would be appropriate to remove whatever is objectionable so that the atmosphere of peace, harmony and mutual brotherhood in the country is not spoiled,” she stated in a tweet on Monday.
In the FIR lodged towards the online collection, the complainant SI stated the collection was considered on instructions of senior officers after the monitoring of social media revealed that there was public outrage towards the collection.
On viewing the collection, it was discovered that Hindu gods and goddesses have been introduced in an “undignified manner” within the first episode throughout its seventeenth minute and have been seen utilizing foul and filthy language, hurting non secular sentiments of individuals.
Similarly within the twenty second minute of the identical episode in addition to at a number of locations in different episodes of the collection, there are a number of dialogues attributable to deities and different characters which have the potential to incite caste anger, the FIR added.
The FIR additionally stated the character within the collection occupying the excessive publish of the prime minister of the nation has been portrayed in a “very belittling manner” and there are additionally scenes, depicting folks as belonging to excessive and low castes, and ladies in insulting manners.
The intent of the online collection is to incite non secular sentiments of a specific group and set off communal enmity within the society, the FIR stated.
Various part beneath which the FIR has been lodged, embrace 153 A (selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds like race, faith, and native land), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the faith of any class) and 469 (forgery for goal of harming status) of the Indian Penal Code.
Section 505 (1) (B) of the IPC associated to creating statements, doubtlessly triggering public mischief and prompting a person or folks to commit an offence towards the state amongst different and varied sections of the Information Technology Act too have been added within the FIR.
Taking cognizance of complaints that Hindu gods and goddesses have been ridiculed within the internet collection, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had on Sunday sought a proof from streaming platform Amazon Prime Video on the difficulty, sources had stated.
The growth got here after BJP MP Manoj Kotak on Sunday stated he has written to Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar searching for a ban on Amazon Prime Video’s collection ‘Tandav’ for ridiculing Hindu deities.
“The ministry has taken cognizance of the matter (complaints) and asked Amazon Prime Video to explain,” a supply within the ministry had stated.
Kotak, the MP from Mumbai North-East, stated completely different organisations and people have complained that Hindu gods and goddesses have been ridiculed within the ‘Tandav’ internet collection.
When contacted concerning the complaints, Amazon Prime Video PR had stated the platform “won’t be responding” on the matter.
The authorities just lately introduced OTT platforms corresponding to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar, in addition to different on-line information and present affairs content material, beneath the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, giving it powers to manage insurance policies and guidelines for the digital house.
-With PTI inputs
