Tandav controversy: Lucknow police team reaches Mumbai; makers likely to be questioned | Bollywood Life

The Tandav controversy is far from over. According to reports, a team of 4 police personnel from Lucknow have reached Mumbai. They are likely to question the Tandav makers over the controversy regarding allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments. Also Read – Tandav controversy: Makers decide to ‘implement changes’; thank I & B Ministry for ‘guidance and support’

“The producer, director, and artistes of web series Tandav have committed the crime of spoiling social harmony and unity and hurting Hindu religious sentiments. Tough legal action will be taken,” Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said today in a tweet. Also Read – Tandav: Amyra Dastur reveals her favourite character from the web series, and it’s NOT Saif Ali Khan [Exclusive]

The makers of the web series have decided to ‘implement changes to the web series to address the concerns raised’. The director of the series Ali Abbas Zafar took to Twitter yesterday and wrote, “The cast and crew of Tandav have made the decision to implement changes to the web series to address the concerns raised towards the same… We once again apologise if the series has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments.” A couple of scenes and dialogues allegedly claimed to portray Hindu deities in negative light. Also Read – Ali Abbas Zafar issues apology for Tandav

The statement also read, “We have outmost respect for the sentiments of the people of our country. We did not intend to hurt or offend the sentiments of any individual, caste, community, race, religion or religious beliefs or insult or outrage any institution, political party or person, living or dead.”

The makers had issue an apology earlier. The apology read, “We have been closely monitoring viewer reactions to the web series Tandav and today during a discussion, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has informed us regarding a large number of grievances and petitions received on various facets of the web series with serious concerns and apprehensions regarding its content hurting the sentiments of the people.”

Tandav stars Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Kritika Kamra, Sunil Grover, Kumud Mishra, Sarah Jane Dias and Amyra Dastur among others.

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