Thread by @LogicalIndians

@PrimeVideoIN 's new web series, '#Tandav' has come under the scanner after the Uttar Pradesh police filed a case against the makers and the streaming platform over an alleged insult to #Hindugods.

@PrimeVideoIN The UP police have also warned of arrests in the case. The complaint has been filed at Lucknow's Hazratganj police station.

@PrimeVideoIN The scene that landed in controversy shows actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub in a stage play where he is dressed as #LordShiva. The sequence talks about how #lordrama has become more popular today.

@PrimeVideoIN The case was filed hours after the centre's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting demanded a response from #AmazonPrime on a complaint filed by BJP MP Manoj Kotak who sought a ban on the web series for ridiculing Hindu deities.

@PrimeVideoIN In a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister @PrakashJavdekar, Kotak alleged that there is no law or autonomous body to govern digital content such platforms are full of sex, violence, drugs, abuse, hate and vulgarity.

@PrimeVideoIN The makers of the web series and #Amazon's head of India Original Content have been accused in the case of promoting religious enmity and dishonouring a place of worship.

@PrimeVideoIN Several outraged netizens headed to #IMDb website, an online database of ratings of movies and TV shows, and gave scathing reviews along with very poor ratings to mark their protest against the show they believe tried to "mock" and "target" the Hindu deities.

@PrimeVideoIN Several netizens also came out in support of the web series and called out the intolerance, misplaced priorities in the country.
#Tandav #AmazonPrime