The much-required crackdown has begun on the controversial and anti-Hindu Amazon Prime web series ‘Tandav’ and it is none other than the Uttar Pradesh administration under CM Yogi Adityanath, which has taken the responsibility to bring the individuals responsible for churning such malicious content under the thumb. Shalabh Mani Tripathi, Information Consultant CMO UP, in a tweet on Monday morning said that serious cases had been registered against the entire team of Tandav, and they will be arrested soon.
जन भावनाओं के साथ खिलवाड़ बर्दाश्त नहीं, घटिया वेब सीरीज की आड़ मं नफरत फैलाने वाली वेब सीरीज तांडव की पूरी टीम के खिलाफ योगीजी के उत्तर प्रदेश में गंभीर धाराओं में मामला दर्ज, जल्द गिरफ्तारी की तैयारी !! pic.twitter.com/V9ZewGNOHw
— Dr. Shalabh Mani Tripathi (मोदी का परिवार) (@shalabhmani) January 18, 2021
श्रीमान @Mdzeeshanayyub @aliabbaszafar @iHimanshuMehra @_gauravsolanki व सैफ अली
UP पुलिस मुंबई निकल चुकी है,वो भी गाड़ी से,FIR में मजबूत धाराएं लगी हैं,तैयार रहना,धार्मिक भावनाओं को आहत करने की कीमत तो चुकानी ही पड़ेगी।
श्री @OfficeofUT जी,उम्मीद है आप इनके बचाव में ना आएंगे pic.twitter.com/B1hXb57dMW
— Dr. Shalabh Mani Tripathi (मोदी का परिवार) (@shalabhmani) January 18, 2021
An FIR was lodged against Ali Abbas Zafar and Gaurav Solanki, the director and writer of Tandav at Hazratganj police station late on Sunday night by Senior Sub-Inspector Amarnath Yadav. The FIR also includes the name of Amazon Prime’s India Head of Original Content Aparna Purohit, Producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra and another unnamed person.
The FIR on the cast and crew of Tandav reads:
“Those named have been booked for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, makes destruction, damage, or defilement of a place of worship or an object held sacred; forgery for purpose of harming reputation, statements conducing to public mischief, with intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India, or to strike terror in the people or any section of the people.”
“A police team from Hazratganj will leave for Mumbai to investigation and interrogate those named in the FIR on Monday morning,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police, central zone, Somen Barma.
The FIR states that at the 17th minute of the first episode of Tandav, it was found that the characters playing Hindu Gods and Goddesses were seen using abusive, derogatory language that is hurtful to the sentiments of a community.
“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.” read the FIR against the cast and crew of Tandav further.
Reported previously by TFI, taking cognizance of the complaints filed, Amazon Prime officials were also summoned by the Information & Broadcasting ministry headed by Prakash Javadekar for questioning.
Amazon Prime Video officials in India summoned by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry, in connection with the controversy around web series 'Tandav'
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2021
It was only after several BJP leaders and right-wing personalities on Twitter complained against the anti-Hindu series Tandav to the I&B ministry that the Amazon executives were summoned to explain their actions.
एक वेब सीरीज का विरोध होगा, दूसरी आ जाएगी । परमानेंट सोल्ल्युशन निकलना चाहिए नही तो जीवन भर ट्रेंड कराते रह जाएंगे । @PrakashJavdekar जी वेबसीरिज पर चलने वाले कंटेंट के लिए गाइड लाइन बनाई जाए ताकि किसी की धार्मिक भावना को आहत करने वाला और घटिया कंटेंट पर लगाम लगाई जा सके ।
— Tajinder Bagga (Modi Ka Parivar) (@TajinderBagga) January 16, 2021
My letter to Hon.minister @PrakashJavdekar ji regarding regulation of the OTT platforms pic.twitter.com/twwI6OP4iM
— Manoj Kotak ( Modi Ka Parivar ) (@manoj_kotak) January 17, 2021
Dear @PrakashJavdekar,
OTT apps are creating 1 anti-Hindu series after another. #Tandav is the latest. We can uninstall OTT apps, boycott the shows but when will you take these guys to task?You are the I&B Minister. Do you even realize that?
Regards,
A BJP fan & a staunch Hindu— Atul Kumar Mishra (@TheAtulMishra) January 16, 2021
Surprisingly, BSP supremo Mayawati also took offence to the content of the anti-Hindu web series Tandav and expressed her displeasure on Twitter.
’ताण्डव’ वेब सीरीज में धार्मिक व जातीय आदि भावना को आहत करने वाले कुछ दृश्यों को लेकर विरोध दर्ज किए जा रहे हैं, जिसके सम्बंध में जो भी आपत्तिजनक है उन्हें हटा दिया जाना उचित होगा ताकि देश में कहीं भी शान्ति, सौहार्द व आपसी भाईचारे का वातावरण खराब न हो।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) January 18, 2021
TFI has already done a nuanced and neat dissection of what all is wrong with Tandav and how it goes out of its way to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus. With such blatant propaganda thrown at the viewer’s face from the first episode of the series, the writing was on the wall and, finally, the hammer has been brought down.
Read more: Amazon Prime’s new release Tandav is a JNU rip-off replete with insults on Hindu Gods
From making rioters pay for the wanton destruction of public property to destroying illegal properties of notorious criminals and now coming after the creators of an inherently anti-Hindu web series like Tandav, the Yogi Adityanath administration has time and again shown that it has the spine to take tough calls when others would rather sit silently, and let the left establishment walk all over the Hindus.
Very good …..send them to jail
From now onward all OTT contents, I mean every single piece of content produced & released in India must have censor board certification before streaming and every instance of malicious contents should be punished with a hefty monitory fine and that broadcasting/streaming services should be banned for certain time period in India and also legally bring the responsible people to the justice.
From second offense on wards the monitory fine & ban of broadcasting/streaming services must be doubled.
Why can’t moviemakers make films without bringing in religion. There is so much more in the country that can be depicted in a mature way instead of resorting to cheap jokes maligning one community. Hand run out of ideas?