Prayagraj: The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP) has demanded a ban on the web series ‘Tandav’ for insulting Hindu gods and goddesses.
ABAP president Mahant Narendra Giri issued a statement on Monday stating that Hindu gods and goddesses have been insulted in the web series ‘Tandav’ and it should be banned. If the government does not stop streaming of this web series, then saints will protest on the roads.”
The makers of this series should keep in mind that all religions have to be equally respected in the country, he added.
‘Tandav’, starring actors Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Sunil Grover, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Dino Morea, Kumud Mishra, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Gauhar Khan and Kritika Kamra, had premiered on the OTT platform on Friday and drew criticism.
“It has become a habit of the filmmakers in our country to insult Hindu gods and goddesses. Those making such films and web series are taking the saints and devotees of gods and goddesses too lightly. They have to be reminded that saints and people will now not tolerate this act of making mockery of their religion and deities,” the Mahant said.
Giri demanded that the government should ban the web series failing which the saints would come on the roads.
On Sunday, an FIR was registered against Amazon Prime’s India head of original content Aparna Purohit at Hazratganj Kotwali in Lucknow over the ‘Tandav’controversy. Its director Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and others have also been named in the FIR.