Recently, Amazon prime web series ‘Tandav’ was in the news. Certain dialogues and scenes of the series were taken up by political parties for demeaning certain minority sections of the Indian communities.
#MumbaiHighLife did watch the entire series and we
did find that the dialogues were hitting below the belt and were surely not
welcome. However, the scenes pertaining to college politics don’t seem anything
new which haven’t been portrayed earlier. Also the farmers protest is something
which is a Current affair news and so that gained more importance for the
political parties to take a stand on.
Bollywood directors have always been making film
with a political backdrop. We see no harm in that since what is shown on screen
is more realistic and still the information is somewhat curbed by the censor
board. Off late, even AltBalaji’s web series was forced to delete scenes which
portrayed an army officer in a ridiculous fashion.
WAS THIS A PUBLICITY STUNT?
In the case of the web series ‘Tandav’, the uproar
against the show was surely not a publicity stunt. It was duly warranted and
what we felt wrong was the director (Ali Zaffar) taking a harsh stand towards
the Hindu minorities. Shame on him for allowing the usage of such words. As far
as disrupting the country’s harmony, we believe that there is enough drama
being shown on our news channels for the audiences. A web series cannot inspire
or force our countrymen and women to go up in arms unless there is a political
backing to the issue…just for their favour.
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As we go in for publication, there are reports that the makers of the web series ‘Tandav’ have agreed to make the changes in the show. However the battle is won for Amazon Prime since this uproar surely increased the viewership of the show for them.
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