Amazon India head of content, ‘Tandav’ web series producer, director and writer have been charged with hurting religious sentiments of Hindus
An FIR has been lodged in Lucknow against the makers of Amazon Prime Video’s new web series Tandav on charges of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus and promoting enmity on grounds of religion.
The political drama series has Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub in the cast.
The FIR was lodged at the Hazratganj police station under various sections of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) and the Information Technology Act.
Aparna Purohit, head, India Original Content of Amazon; Ali Abbas Zafar, director, Tandav Web Series; Himanshu Krishna Mehra, producer; and Gaurav Solanki, writer, were named in the FIR.
In the FIR, registered on a complaint of a sub-inspector of the Hazratganj police, the complainant says he was asked to watch the show on Amazon Prime Video by senior officers after he alerted them about…