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Controversy Ignites In India Over Amazon Prime Original Series ‘Tandav’

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Amazon Prime Video original Hindi series Tandav has come under fire in India over its depiction of Hindu gods and goddesses.According to reports from the country over the weekend including in The Hindu Times, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has contacted the streamer to request an explanation of the show’s religious content after MP Manoj Kotak called for it to be banned.Kotak posted a letter on Twitter that he penned to Prakash Javdekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, in which he suggested the content of the series was “deliberately mocking Hindu Gods and disrespecting Hindu religious sentiments”.In the letter, which you can read below, he also called for “urgent” regulation of OTT platforms in India, claiming that

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