‘TANDAV’ MAKERS TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES IN WEB-SERIES AMID BACKLASH

MUMBAI : ‘Tandav’ creator Ali Abbas Zafar on Tuesday revealed that the cast and crew of the show have decided to implement changes in the Amazon Prime Video-based series to address the backlash against its content that has hurt religious sentiments of many viewers. Zafar shared an official statement from the cast and crew of ‘Tandav’ on Twitter and reiterated that the team had no intentions to hurt or offend the sentiments of any caste, race, community or religion.

“We have the utmost respect for the sentiments of the people of our country. We did not intend to hurt or 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 read. “The cast and crew of ‘Tandav’ have decided to implement changes to the web series to address the concerns raised towards the same,” the statement further read. The team also thanked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for guiding and supporting them in the matter. “We thank the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for guidance and support in the matter. We once again apologise if the series has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments,” the official statement read.