The
makers
of
Amazon
Prime
Video’s
Tandav
have
released
an
official
statement
in
which
they
have
unconditionally
apologised
for
unintentionally
hurting
religious
sentiments.
This
comes
in
the
wake
of
an
FIR
being
registered
against
the
showrunners
and
Amazon
India
head
at
Hazratganj
police
station
of
Lucknow
in
Uttar
Pradesh.
The
statement
read,
“We
have
been
closely
monitoring
viewer
reactions
to
the
web
series
'Tandav’
and
today
during
a
discussion,
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting
have
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.”
They
further
added,
“The
web
series
'Tandav’
is
a
work
of
fiction
and
any
resemblance
to
acts
and
persons
and
events
is
purely
coincidental.
The
cast
and
crew
did
not
have
any
intention
to
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
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.”
Series
director
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
also
shared
the
statement
on
his
social
media
handles
and
offered
his
sincere
apologies.
Check
out
the
post
below:
For
the
unversed,
Tandav
has
faced
a
lot
of
heat
from
a
section
of
the
society
for
allegedly
portraying
Hindu
Gods
in
a
bad
light
and
for
some
casteist
scenes
and
dialogues.
The
political
drama
series
starring
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Dimple
Kapadia,
Sunil
Grover,
Tigmanshu
Dhulia,
Dino
Morea,
Kumud
Mishra,
Mohd
Zeeshan
Ayyub,
Gauhar
Khan
and
Kritika
Kamra
premiered
on
January
15
on
Amazon
Prime
Video.