The police in Bengaluru have filed an first information report against the director, producer, and key actors of Amazon Prime web series Tandav for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, The Indian Express reported on Sunday.
The FIR was registered at KR Puram police station based on a complaint by a Bengaluru-based social worker, Kiran Aradhya. A police officer said they have sought legal opinion before starting proceedings as controversial scenes were removed recently from the show. The complainant said that the show portrays Hindu deity Shiva in “a poor light” as the actor playing the role used foul language.
Tandav director Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Farhan Akhtar, actors Saif Ali Khan, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, and Aparna Purohit have been named in the FIR. The police have charged them under Sections 295 A (deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings), 298 (utters any word or makes any sound with deliberate intent to wound the religious…