Fearing arrest, Makers of Tandav apologises for ‘unintentionally’ hurting sentiments like always

The cast and crew of Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Tandav’, against whom police complaints have been filed alleging that some scenes had “insulted Hindu gods and goddesses”, issued an “unconditional” apology Monday evening, saying they did not intend to offend religious beliefs or sentiments.

They also referred to parts of a disclaimer that is an industry standard and said ‘Tandav’ was a “work of fiction” and that “any resemblance to acts and persons and events is purely coincidental”.

The FIR was lodged against series director Ali Abbas Zafar and writer Gaurav Solanki at Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station late on Sunday night. Earlier, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had summoned Amazon Prime Video officials in India in connection with the controversy around the web series.