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  • SC refuses interim protection from arrest to makers of ‘Tandav’

    SC refuses interim protection from arrest to makers of ‘Tandav’

    Tandav, released on January 15, is a nine-episode political thriller. The web series landed in controversaries on allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 27, has refused to provide interim protection from arrest to Tandav’s director Ali Abbas Zafar and others who are seeking quashing of issued notices and FIRs against them by Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and other states for allegedly hurting Hindu’s religious sentiments. A total of three separate petitions of Zafar, Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Mehra, the show’s writer Gaurav Solanki and actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub was heard by a bench including justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah. Besides seeking quashing of the FIRs, the pleas have requested clubbing of FIRs, reported PTI. The bench of three has asked responses from states including UP, MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bihar and Delhi on the pleas. “Tandav”, released on January 15, is a political thriller, featuring Bollywood stars like Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Sunil Grover and Gauahar Khan.

    The nine-episode web series, since its release on Amazon Prime Video, has landed itself into a political controversy on their two scenes. In one scene, actor Zeeshan Ayyub’s character plays Lord Shiva in a college play. However, he doesn’t don Lord Shiva’s traditional look and speaks about issues plaguing the society.

    Another scene shows actor Sandhya Mridul’s character who tells her boyfriend and the father of her child, a Dalit political leader played by actor Anup Soni, that a man from the lower caste always takes advantage when he is involved with a woman from the upper caste. Several leaders, including members of the ruling party BJP, have demanded the streaming platform to remove the show as it allegedly hurts religious sentiments and ridicules Hindu gods.‘Tandav’ makers had already issued an apology after complaints were registered with Police in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.              (Courtesy / PTI- OPOYI)

  • Supreme Court refuses interim protection from arrest to makers of ‘Tandav’

    Supreme Court refuses interim protection from arrest to makers of ‘Tandav’

    A total of three separate petitions were heard by a three-bench judges

    NEW DELHI (TIP): ‘Tandav’, released on January 15, is a nine-episode political thriller. The web series landed in controversaries on allegedly hurting religious sentiments, The Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 27, has refused to provide interim protection from arrest to Tandav’s director Ali Abbas Zafar and others who are seeking quashing of issued notices and FIRs against them by Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and other states for allegedly hurting Hindu’s religious sentiments. A total of three separate petitions of Zafar, Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Mehra, the show’s writer Gaurav Solanki and actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub was heard by a bench including justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah.

    Besides seeking quashing of the FIRs, the pleas have requested clubbing of FIRs, reported PTI.

    The bench of three has asked responses from states including UP, MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bihar and Delhi on the pleas. “Tandav”, released on January 15, is a political thriller, featuring Bollywood stars like Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Sunil Grover and Gauahar Khan.

    The nine-episode web series, since its release on Amazon Prime Video, has landed itself into a political controversy on their two scenes. In one scene, actor Zeeshan Ayyub’s character plays Lord Shiva in a college play. However, he doesn’t don Lord Shiva’s traditional look and speaks about issues plaguing the society.

    Another scene shows actor Sandhya Mridul’s character who tells her boyfriend and the father of her child, a Dalit political leader played by actor Anup Soni, that a man from the lower caste always takes advantage when he is involved with a woman from the upper caste. Several leaders, including members of the ruling party BJP, have demanded the streaming platform to remove the show as it allegedly hurts religious sentiments and ridicules Hindu gods. ‘Tandav’ makers had already issued an apology after complaints were registered with Police in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

    (Courtesy / PTI- OPOYI)

  • Tandav makers agree to changes, thank I&B ‘guidance’

    Tandav makers agree to changes, thank I&B ‘guidance’

    FOLLOWING a second meeting with the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday, the makers of Tandav said they had decided to drop certain scenes from the Amazon Prime web series. In a statement announcing the same, the makers thanked the ministry for its “guidance” on the issue. The makers of the political drama, along with representatives of Amazon Prime, had been called for the second video-conference meeting by the I&B Ministry after they were asked to explain their stand on Monday, on the number of complaints the ministry said it had received. The show’s director, Ali Abbas Zafar, who was present for both meetings as per sources, tweeted on Tuesday evening that they will make changes to “address the concerns raised”. He said, “The cast & crew of Tandav have made the decision to implement the changes to the web series to address the concerns raised towards the same. We thank the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for the guidance & support in the matter. We once again apologise if the series has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments.” He added, “We have utmost respect for the sentiments of the people of our country. We did not intend to hurt or offend the sentiments of any individual, caste, community, race, religion or religious beliefs, or insult or outrage any institution, political party or person, living or dead.”