Amazon Prime's Tandav's cast and crew issues 'Unconditional Apology' after police complaint in Lucknow

Earlier today a key aide of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued an open warning to its makers and actors after a complaint has been filed at Lucknow's Hazratganj police station.

MUMBAI: The cast and crew of Amazon Prime Video's "Tandav", against whom police complaints have been filed alleging that some scenes had "insulted Hindu gods and goddesses", issued an "unconditional" apology Monday evening, saying they did not intend to offend religious beliefs or sentiments.
They also referred to parts of a disclaimer that is an industry-standard and said "Tandav" was a "work of fiction" and that "any resemblance to acts and persons and events is purely coincidental".

"'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 statement said.

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"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," it added.

The apology comes after the I&B Ministry sought a response from Amazon Prime.

"... today during a discussion, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting informed (of) a large number of grievances and petitions... serious concerns and apprehensions regarding its content hurting the sentiments of the people," the "Tandav" makers' statement said.

The web series, which stars Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, was released on Friday and quickly triggered outrage.

A complaint filed today by a Uttar Pradesh policeman said that 17 minutes into the first episode, "people dressed up in a very bad manner to represent Hindu gods and goddesses and have been shown to speak in a very uncalled for language... that hurts religious sentiments".

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Credits: NDTV

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