An FIR has been registered against Amazon Prime's India head of original content Aparna Purohit, director of web series 'Tandav' Ali Abbas Zafar, its producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and others at Lucknow's Hazratganj Kotwali for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
According to reports, the charges include promoting enmity between different religious groups, race, place of birth, making destruction, damage, or defilement of a place of worship or an object held sacred. The charges further entail forgery for purpose of harming reputation, statements that could bring public mischief, intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India, and strike terror section of the people.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has summoned Amazon Prime Video officials in India in connection with the controversy around the web series 'Tandav', sources said on Sunday, January 17.
This comes after two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders allegedly had raised issue against the Saif Ali Khan-starrer web series 'Tandav'. One of them, Manoj Kotak wrote to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and stated that he would not tolerate this.
"It seems that the makers of Tandav have mocked Hindu gods and disrespected Hindu religious sentiments. I urge the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to ban Tandav for the meantime, said Manoj Kotak in the letter."
Besides, BJP leader Ram Kadam had earlier said that he has filed a complaint at Mumbai's Ghatkopar Police Station against 'Tandav'.
Meanwhile, officials from Amazon Prime Video stated that the platform “won’t be responding” to media queries on the matter. 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, January 15. The show has been getting mixed reviews ever since.
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