Forex Market News Today
  • Home
  • News
  • LiveHourly
  • Markets
  • Stock
  • Business
  • Economy
  • World
  • Politics
  • Energy
  • exchange
  • companies
No Result
View All Result
Forex Market News Today
Home World

‘Tandav’ controversy: Amazon series faces calls for a ban in India

2 months ago
in World
3 min read
‘Tandav’ controversy: Amazon series faces calls for a ban in India
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


Authorities are looking into claims that Amazon’s new Prime Video series “Tandav” includes religiously insensitive content. Several Indian politicians say they have complained to the police or regulators about the company and the show’s creators.

The title is a political drama that has been likened to the hit Netflix (NFLX) series “House of Cards.” It was released last Friday on Amazon’s streaming service and boasts some of Bollywood’s biggest names, including celebrity director Ali Abbas Zafar and actor Saif Ali Khan.

The show follows a power-hungry politician who is willing to do anything to become the country’s prime minister. It is loosely based on real political controversies that have erupted across the country as Hindu nationalism has grown.

The show’s depiction of some Hindu deities, though, has drawn ire from local lawmakers. Manoj Kotak, a member of parliament from Mumbai, said Sunday on Twitter that he has written to the country’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting urging him to “ban [the] controversial web series.”

Kotak, who is a member of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said that the show’s creators appeared to be “deliberately mocking Hindu Gods.”

CNN Business has requested comment from both Amazon and Zafar, the director of the series, but has yet to receive a response.

But Zafar expressed “sincere apologies” on Twitter on Monday, posting a statement from Tandav’s cast and crew.

“The cast and crew of ‘Tandav’ take cognizance of the concerns expressed by the people and unconditionally apologize if it has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments,” the statement read.

Authorities step in

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which has announced an intention to start regulating streaming services, said Monday that it had reached out to executives at Amazon about the show.

“A discussion will happen on this,” a spokesperson told CNN Business.

The series has prompted other lawmakers to go to the police. Ram Kadam, another BJP leader and local legislator in the state of Maharashtra, said he filed a police complaint in Mumbai over the weekend, accusing Amazon of intending to “outrage religious sentiments” and publish “material which can cause harm.”

Local police confirmed that they had received Kadam’s complaint, but had not yet started an investigation.

Police initiated a separate investigation on Sunday in the state of Uttar Pradesh against Zafar, as well as Aparna Purohit, Amazon’s chief of Indian original Prime Video content, according to a media adviser for the state’s chief minister.
The series has also been hit by negative reviews on Amazon, which claim that the show promotes a “Hindu-phobic agenda” or comes across as “anti-Hindu.”

A critical market

India is a crucial market for Amazon. This month, a company executive called the country “one of the most exciting streaming markets in the world right now.”

During the pandemic, the firm “doubled down our investment on films in this period,”…



Go to the news source: ‘Tandav’ controversy: Amazon series faces calls for a ban in India

Tags: 'Tandav' controversy: Amazon series faces calls for a ban in India - CNNAmazonbancallscontroversyFacesIndiaMediaseriesTandav
Previous Post

Joe Biden News: Live Updates on Inauguration Day

Next Post

‘A multiple pile-up in the fog’: wine agent’s fury at Brexit red tape | Brexit

Related Posts

Myanmar coup: India asked to return police officers who crossed border – BBC New…
World

Myanmar coup: India asked to return police officers who crossed border – BBC New…

by Forex News
March 6, 2021
0

Myanmar coup: India asked to return police officers who crossed border BBC NewsMyanmar asks India to return eight police...

Read more
Speedy variants power virus surge sweeping Europe
World

Speedy variants power virus surge sweeping Europe

by Forex News
March 6, 2021
0

MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb...

Read more
The pope and the ayatollah: Francis meets Iraq’s Sistani
World

The pope and the ayatollah: Francis meets Iraq’s Sistani

by Forex News
March 6, 2021
0

●Francis later will hold an interfaith event in the ancient city of Ur, said to be the birthplace of...

Read more
Women Call for India’s Chief Justice to Quit Over Remarks in Rape Cases
World

Women Call for India’s Chief Justice to Quit Over Remarks in Rape Cases

by Forex News
March 6, 2021
0

NEW DELHI — Outrage in India is growing over comments made by the nation’s chief justice in two rape...

Read more
Father arrested in India for beheading his 17-year-old daughter
World

Father arrested in India for beheading his 17-year-old daughter

by Forex News
March 5, 2021
0

Sarvesh Kumar was arrested as he was walking toward a police station in Hardoi district on Wednesday night, carrying...

Read more
Live Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
World

Coronavirus live news: WHO ‘to scrap’ interim Wuhan report; UK investigating new…

by Forex News
March 5, 2021
0

3.57am EST 03:57 Kim Willsher Paris will not be put under weekend lockdowns, French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced...

Read more
New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami warning downgraded after 8.1-magnitude quake in …
World

New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami warning downgraded after 8.1-magnitude quake in …

by Forex News
March 5, 2021
0

The 8.1-magnitude quake was the third to strike the area on Friday morning local time, according to the New...

Read more
In Iceland, 18,000 Earthquakes Over Days Signal Possible Eruption on the Horizon
World

In Iceland, 18,000 Earthquakes Over Days Signal Possible Eruption on the Horizon

by Forex News
March 4, 2021
0

Similar tremors have been observed ahead of volcanic eruptions in the past, and the Icelandic Meteorological Office said that...

Read more
Sweden: Terrorism eyed after ax attack injures 8
World

Sweden: Terrorism eyed after ax attack injures 8

by Forex News
March 4, 2021
0

A man armed with an ax attacked and injured eight people in a southern Swedish town Wednesday before being...

Read more
Myanmar protests see deadliest day with 38 killed, says UN envoy
World

Myanmar protests see deadliest day with 38 killed, says UN envoy

by Forex News
March 4, 2021
0

The United Nations said the total death toll since coup was now 50, though activists put that total as...

Read more
Next Post
Live Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

'A multiple pile-up in the fog': wine agent's fury at Brexit red tape | Brexit

Subscribe
Login
Notify of
guest
guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Latest Forex News

What is the controversial tactic that triggered Alibaba antitrust probe? – South…

What is the controversial tactic that triggered Alibaba antitrust probe? – South…

2 months ago
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to present a ‘Budget like no other’

FM Nirmala Sitharaman to present a ‘Budget like no other’

1 month ago
Live Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

Australian government’s housing policy continues to ignore low income earners | …

1 month ago
Footprints: Arif Naqvi — the man who flew too close to the sun – Newspaper

Footprints: Arif Naqvi — the man who flew too close to the sun – Newspaper

1 month ago

Today Market News

Live Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
Economy

Food scarcity fears prompt plan to ease post-Brexit checks on EU imports | Brexi…

March 6, 2021
Myanmar coup: India asked to return police officers who crossed border – BBC New…
World

Myanmar coup: India asked to return police officers who crossed border – BBC New…

March 6, 2021
Demand Dips For Bitcoin Are Temporary; But Lack Of Supply Is Permanent
Live

Bitcoin has been declared ‘dead’ 402 times since its inception. Here’s how you c…

March 6, 2021
F.A.Q. on Stimulus, Unemployment and Tax Rebates
Economy

F.A.Q. on Stimulus, Unemployment and Tax Rebates

March 6, 2021
To Juice the Economy, Biden Bets on the Poor
Economy

To Juice the Economy, Biden Bets on the Poor

March 6, 2021
Sensex jumps 617 points to end at record high, Nifty at 15,115; auto stocks lead
Live

Sensex jumps 617 points to end at record high, Nifty at 15,115; auto stocks lead

March 6, 2021
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA
  • CCPA

© 2020 Siteofforex.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Live
  • Markets
  • Stock
  • Business
  • Economy
  • World
  • Politics
  • Energy
  • exchange
  • companies

© 2020 Siteofforex.com

wpDiscuz