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Tandav Controversy: Allahabad HC denies anticipatory bail to Amazon Prime head
The Allahabad High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to Aparna Purohit, the head of India Originals at Amazon Sellers Service Pvt Ltd, which is showing Tandav web series online. A single-judge bench of Justice Siddharth passed this order on Thursday while hearing an anticipatory bail application.
The anticipatory bail application had been filed by Aparna Purohit in the case under Sections- 153(A)(1)(b), 295-A, 505(1)(b) 505(2) IPC, Section 66 and 67 of the Information Technology Act and Section 3(1)(r) of SC/ST Act.
The allegation in the FIR lodged against the applicant and six other co-accused persons is that a web series is being shown on Amazon Prime Video, which is an online movie OTT platform, has objectionable content.
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SC to hear pleas of Tandav director, actors and others seeking quashing of FIRs
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a batch of pleas seeking quashing of criminal complaints lodged in various states against Ali Abbas Zafar, the Director of web series Tandav , and others for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. Besides Zafar, Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Mehra, the show s writer Gaurav Solanki and actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub have filed three separate petitions against the registration of FIRs in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah would hear the petitions against the FIRs.
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Tandav Controversy Explained in 10 points: Why Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Grover s web series is creating chaos
Ali Abbas Zafar directorial Tandav has been the hot topic of discussion since its release on January 15. The web show released on Amazon Prime Video and had an ensemble star cast including Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Sunil Grover, Zeeshan Ayyub, Gauhar Khan, and Kritika Kamra amongst others. Soon after the release, Tandav faced a backlash from a certain section of society for provoking communal disharmony over a scene from the first episode. Not only this, more than three FIRs have been registered against the makers as well as the star cast for hurting Hindu sentiments in over 6 cities.
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Tandav controversy: UP police reaches Mumbai to question makers, star cast
The tension with Amazon Prime s controversial web series Tandav is increasing day by day. An FIR has been registered against the web series in 6 cities. At the same time, UP police have also reached Mumbai for investigation in this case. Protests have been taking place from UP to Maharashtra and MP to get the show banned. In the recent update, the Lucknow Police team has reached Mumbai to interrogate the makers of Tandav.
According to the information received, a four-member team led by Inspector Anil Singh of Lucknow Police has reached Mumbai where the producers and actors of the web series will be questioned today. An FIR was lodged against the Tandav web series at Hazratganj Kotwali, Lucknow. After the questioning, the Lucknow police will decide what action needs to be taken against the accused.
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Saif Ali Khan starrer Tandav makers apologize for allegedly hurting religious sentiments
A criminal case has been registered here against the makers of the web series Tandav and Amazon s India head of original content for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in an objectionable manner, hurting the religious sentiments of people. The FIR was lodged against Amazon s India head of original content, Aparna Purohit, series director Ali Abbas, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, and an unknown person on Sunday night. And now the makers of the web series have issued an unconditional apology in the latest released official statement.