Politicians from governing social gathering name for present to be eliminated, saying it was ‘intentionally mocking Hindu gods’.
The forged and crew of a well-liked streaming sequence starring Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan have apologised after politicians from the governing social gathering referred to as the present insensitive to Hindus.
The Amazon Prime drama Tandav – loosely in contrast with the USA’ sequence Home of Playing cards – drew criticism from members of the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) after its Friday launch.
A number of BJP politicians referred to as for the present to be eliminated, saying it was “intentionally mocking Hindu gods” and disrespecting non secular sentiments.
One of many criticised scenes depicts a college play by which Hindu god Shiva talks about “aazadi” (freedom), a rallying cry from final 12 months’s anti-government protests within the capital.
The Ministry of Data and Broadcasting advised the forged and crew it obtained “a lot of grievances and petitions … with severe considerations and apprehensions” over the sequence, director Ali Abbas Zafar wrote in a submit on Instagram and Twitter on Monday.
“Tandav is a piece of fiction and any resemblance to acts and individuals and occasions is solely coincidental,” he added in an announcement.
“The forged and crew of ‘Tandav’…unconditionally apologise if it has unintentionally harm anyone’s sentiments.”
Our honest apologies . pic.twitter.com/Efr9s0kYnl
— ali abbas zafar (@aliabbaszafar) January 18, 2021
Police have been seen stationed exterior Khan’s Mumbai house on Sunday amid the row, the Hindustan Instances newspaper reported.
Main streaming platforms, together with Netflix, Amazon and Disney’s Hotstar, have expanded their presence within the nation of 1.3 billion, together with by commissioning native content material.
The streaming TV providers should not topic to the nation’s stringent censorship guidelines which often end in scenes reduce from exhibits and movies.
However there have been rising calls, significantly from BJP politicians, for the web exhibits to be topic to the identical scrutiny.
The latest controversy concerned the BBC’s TV model of creator Vikram Seth’s epic bestselling novel, A Appropriate Boy, which is streaming on Netflix, over a scene the place a Hindu woman kisses a Muslim boy in entrance of a Hindu temple.
A state BJP politician in November filed a grievance to police saying the present had harm Hindus’ non secular sentiments.