Alarming to hold actors accountable for fictional roles: Industry people on SC s Tandav decision
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Last Updated: Jan 29, 2021, 01:11 PM IST
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A day after the apex court ruling on the starry political saga from Amazon Prime Video from which several scenes have already been cut, most Bollywood biggies were silent.
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Viewing the observations with alarm, several said it exposes actors, whose very job is to play varied characters, to legal trouble.
Mumbai: The Supreme Court s refusal to grant interim protection to Team Tandav and its observation that actors cannot play roles hurting the religious sentiments of others has led to consternation in the industry with many insiders worried about the road ahead for India s soft power .
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Sad, Alarming to Make Actors Responsible for Fictional Characters: B-Town on SC s Tandav Decision
The Supreme Court s refusal to grant interim protection to Team Tandav and its observation that actors cannot play roles hurting the religious sentiments of others has led to consternation in the industry with many insiders worried about the road ahead for India s soft power.
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The Supreme Court s refusal to grant interim protection to Team Tandav and its observation that actors cannot play roles hurting the religious sentiments of others has led to consternation in the industry with many insiders worried about the road ahead for India s soft power. A day after the apex court ruling on the starry political saga from Amazon Prime Video from which several scenes have already been cut, most Bollywood biggies were silent. However, there were others, including Hansal Mehta, Pritish Nandy and Konkona Sen Sharma, who spoke of the line between art and the artiste b
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Ayyub s lawyer defended the alleged objectionable part of the web series, saying that as an actor he has no artistic control over dialogues spoken by him.
Screenwriter-lyricist Mayur Puri said it was ridiculous to hold an actor responsible for the actions of a fictional character.
In November last year, the government brought OTT platforms besides other online news and current affairs content under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Mumbai: The Supreme Court s refusal to grant interim protection to Team Tandav and its observation that actors cannot play roles hurting the religious sentiments of others has led to consternation in the industry with many insiders worried about the road ahead for India s soft power .
Following a second meeting with the officials of the ministry of information and broadcasting on Tuesday, makers of the political web series Tandav said the crew has decided to “implement changes to the web series to address the concerns raised”