FIR in opposition to ‘Tandav’ lodged in Lucknow

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An FIR has been lodged in opposition to Ali Abbas Jafar and Gaurav Solanki, the director and author of the net sequence ‘Tandav’ respectively, for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in a foul gentle ‘which may result in spiritual flare-ups’. The FIR was lodged on the Hazratganj police station late on Sunday night time by senior sub-inspector Amarnath Yadav, additionally named Amazon Prime’s India head of authentic content material Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra and one other unnamed individual.
“A police team from Hazratganj will leave for Mumbai to investigate and interrogate those named in the FIR on Monday,” mentioned Deputy Commissioner of Police, central zone, Somen Barma.
Those named within the FIR have been booked for selling enmity between totally different teams on grounds of faith, race, native land, makes destruction, injury, or defilement of a spot of worship or an object held sacred; forgery for function of harming fame, statements conducing to public mischief, with intent to threaten the unity, integrity, safety or sovereignty of India, or to strike terror within the folks or any part of the folks.
The FIR says that there are offended outbursts on social media in opposition to the content material of the net sequence which was launched on January 16 and persons are posting its clippings.
“After watching the series, it was found that in the 17th minute of Episode 1, characters playing Hindu gods and goddesses have been shown in an uncharitable way and using undignified language, which can trigger religious sentiments,” the complainant mentioned.

“Similarly, in the 22nd minute of the same episode, efforts have been made to ignite caste clashes. The person holding a dignified post like that of prime minister has been shown in a very derogatory manner throughout the web series,” the FIR additional acknowledged.
The net sequence has tried to destroy the social cloth of the nation and create pressure, Yadav has mentioned in his FIR.
Meanwhile, BJP MP Manoj Kotak on Sunday mentioned he has written to Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar searching for a ban on Amazon Prime Video’s sequence “Tandav” for ridiculing Hindu deities.
“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.