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Amazon Prime summoned, Tandav crew could be arrested under ‘Criminal Action’ by UP police

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“There is no tolerance for playing with people’s sentiments in Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh. A serious case has been registered against the entire team of Tandav, which is spreading hate in the guise of cheap web series. Prepare for arrest,” said Yogi Adityanath’s adviser Shalabh Mani Tripathi.

This comes hours after the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry on Sunday summoned officials of Amazon Prime Video in India following several FIRs against the web series.

The Uttar Pradesh police has filed a criminal case against makers of Tandav for “promoting enmity on grounds of religion”. It also names the head of India Original Content, Amazon. The complaint has been filed at Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station by a sub-inspector who is also posted there.

The complaint states that 17 minutes into the first episode, “people dressed up in a very bad manner to represent Hindu gods and goddesses and have been shown to speak in a very uncalled for language… that hurts religious sentiments”.

In the same episode there are “conversations that lead to caste conflict, there are similar scenes in many other episodes. In the web series, the character of the person occupying the high post of India’s Prime Minister has been shown in a very indecent manner… The series depicts lower and higher castes and scenes that insult women, and the intent… seems to be to hurt religious feelings of one community and to spread conflict”, the complaint reads.

Earlier, BJP MP Manoj Kotak and several other leaders including MLA Ram Kadam, Kapil Mishra and more wrote to Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, demanding a ban on the web series.

Starring actors Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Sunil Grover, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Dino Morea, Kumud Mishra, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Gauhar Khan and Kritika Kamra, Tandav premiered on the streaming platform on Friday. Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar has created, directed and produced the political drama with Himanshu Kishan Mehra and it is written by Gaurav Solanki.

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