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India's Karni Sena announces Rs1 crore award for whoever 'cuts tongue' of Tandav makers

India's Karni Sena announces Rs1 crore award for whoever 'cuts tongue' of Tandav makers

The star of the show, Saif Ali Khan, has already been given additional security following the backlash by BJP leaders.
25 Jan, 2021

It seems like the Tandav controversy is still not over. The fringe group Karni Sena has now turned its attention towards the Amazon Prime show, making things take a violent turn.

Maharashtra Karni Sena chief Ajay Sengar, according to Indian publications, has offered "Rs 1 crore reward to anyone who slits tongue of those who insults Hindu gods and goddesses in the web series".

Sengar, acknowledging that Tandav makers had apologised, said it was not enough and "will not be accepted".

The star of the show, Saif Ali Khan, has already been given additional security following the backlash.

First an FIR was registered in Lucknow against the show for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and then another one in Mumbai.

'Lofty ambitions, trite execution' — read Tandav's review here.

Earlier this month, the web series starring Saif Ali Khan and Dimple Kabadia was at the receiving end of backlash from members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after which filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar offered an "unconditional apology" and said changes were being "implemented".

“The cast and crew of Tandav have made the decision to implement the changes to the web series to address the concerns raised towards the same," he had posted on social media. "We thank the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for the guidance & support in the matter. We once again apologise if the series has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments.”

With increasing instances of complaints and calls to censor online content, India late last year brought streaming platforms under the oversight of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and said it plans to regulate their content.

As for Karni Sena, this is not the first time the group has resorted to violence; in 2019, Kangana Ranaut, the award-winning star of hits such as Queen and Tanu Weds Manu Returns, said in a statement that she had received threats from Rajput Karni Sena over the Hindi-language Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi.

Only a year prior, the organisation had famously tried to disrupt the release of Padmaavat over its portrayal of a legendary Hindu queen. The sets of the film were first vandalised in January by the Shri Rajput Karni Sena alleging that the film has invented a romantic angle between the legendary 13th-century Queen and Alauddin Khilji, the Delhi Sultan who obsessed with her.

It stepped up its protests after the teaser of the film was released, asking for “heads” and threatening to torch theatres screening the film.

It also threatened to cut the film’s leading lady Deepika Padukone’s nose — as was the fate of Ravan’s sister in the epic Ramayana. Padukone, who is India’s top actress, spoke out against the attacks, calling India “regressive”.

Eventually, the group 'realised' that the film didn't denigrate but glorified the Rajput clan.

Comments

well-wisher Jan 25, 2021 07:17pm
Freedom of expression in India? R U kidding, it's a democracy Indian style.
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Vaibhav Jan 25, 2021 07:17pm
Useless people..no contribution to society. Just trying to be relevant !
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Sami Jan 25, 2021 07:22pm
Shinning India !!
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Ishant Jan 25, 2021 07:26pm
Solution is very simple. Ban OTT and other platforms which you think hurting.
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bhaRAT© Jan 25, 2021 07:37pm
They are a touchy lot with fragile self-esteem!
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Sayyar Khan Jan 25, 2021 07:39pm
And Modi enjoys it. Great going India.
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Fastrack Jan 25, 2021 07:44pm
Say what..!!!??? But hey that's your India.
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RAja Raman Jan 25, 2021 07:45pm
Old news. Discarded one. Now getting revived here for domestic consumption. Here and there few cracks issue such statements. Don't attach too much importance. It's waste of time.
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Salman Jan 25, 2021 07:57pm
Indians are laughing stock of the world. Thousands of year of occupation has messed up their heads.
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Gau Jan 25, 2021 07:59pm
Incredible, Shinning, AgainIndia?!
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TZaman Jan 25, 2021 08:04pm
These religious zealots, irrespective of any religion, do same illogical functions. And give similar outrageous calls.
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Ravi Jan 25, 2021 08:06pm
Just for attention, don't give them any space.
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jaredlee007 Jan 25, 2021 08:09pm
See how India is becoming progressive. Stay this way and India will be the most extreme country in the world. What goes around come around!
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Ibrahim S Jan 25, 2021 08:10pm
Maharashtra Karni Sena chief Ajay Sengar should be arrested and prosecuted for inciting violence .
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Sachin Jan 25, 2021 08:39pm
Shining India
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Abs Jan 25, 2021 08:52pm
Shinning India
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CU Jan 25, 2021 09:01pm
Hindu fundamentalism on the rise.
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Ziaulhaq Khan Jan 25, 2021 09:04pm
Is this democracy, let alone the largest one?
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Jalal Khan Jan 25, 2021 09:09pm
Incredible India....
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Browngirl Jan 25, 2021 09:24pm
Shining tolerant India at its best.
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Fast comment Jan 25, 2021 09:25pm
Can’t expect better from incredible India. Prejudices hates incest & ingrained in thoughts & minds. Many Hindus not willing to visit India, let alone the tourists.
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Changez Khan Jan 25, 2021 09:29pm
WOW.. these guys are acting like terrorists.
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T-man Jan 25, 2021 09:59pm
So much for the biggest democracy in the world.
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Wacko Jan 25, 2021 10:04pm
secular India !
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Shahid Mahmood Jan 25, 2021 10:12pm
It only happens in India that political parties and prominent individuals announce head money for the opponents are minorities while the law either stays mums or supports the offender. Shining India falls further into darkness.
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Awaz.... Jan 25, 2021 10:34pm
Here goes the champion of democracy. ...The voice of the minorities....INDIA
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Amin Jan 25, 2021 11:23pm
The true face of the so called largest democracy in the world.
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Hisham Bey Jan 25, 2021 11:39pm
India is in the grip of fascism. What a sad state of affair of the world's biggest democracy!
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Tea is Fantastic !!! Jan 25, 2021 11:42pm
Fine example of so called civilized nation.
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Cye Jan 26, 2021 12:29am
Shining India
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alli Jan 26, 2021 12:59am
they have taken to 'hate at another level' this says a lot about the 'mental health problems'
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Zak Jan 26, 2021 01:21am
Western media should cover this.
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RationalBabu Jan 26, 2021 01:29am
@Salman so what messed up your heads over the last thousand years?
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RationalBabu Jan 26, 2021 01:30am
@bhaRAT© Guess who they are learning from?
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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan Jan 26, 2021 02:33am
Progressive and secular India at its best.
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Tandav Jan 26, 2021 03:55am
Freedom of speech has gone too far. Time for everyone to realize the responsibility that comes with the power of freedom of speech.
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NAGARAJA B N Jan 26, 2021 05:19am
Learnt from neighbour.
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Ibrahim S Jan 26, 2021 05:35am
My Indian friends who will have the last laugh now . If you point a finger at someone , three fingers will point at you .
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Fazal Karim Jan 26, 2021 05:51am
Science and extremism going together, this is what happened in Nazi Germany during Hitler rule.
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Karl Marx Jan 26, 2021 06:55am
@bhaRAT© yep we know what happened to Charlie
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INDEPENDENT Jan 26, 2021 07:27am
If producer agreed to implement the changes, then why go violent. Indian Hindus are going violent for nothing and not necessary to make a hue and cry.
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INDEPENDENT Jan 26, 2021 07:30am
India is doomed to be failed. BJP does not care about farmers, who have been sitting in Delhi for the last three months. Instead of supporting farmers, BJP goons are busy talking about Tandav. Is Tandav business more important than food?
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Sanjeev Jan 26, 2021 07:50am
All muslim group. What do India get
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Teddy Jan 26, 2021 07:52am
Their country their rules. You mind your business.
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NSG Jan 26, 2021 12:02pm
Crocodile tears being shed in a region which can't excuse itself from the murder of Charlie hedbo editors.
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Mohib Jan 26, 2021 12:11pm
Cheap people with cheapest thoughts, its the reality all around the Asian democracies. To some extent Tandav shows the real picture of the elite political class circle by using their positions in party and government for their personal interests. Moreover, Im sure Karni Sena did'nt saw 1Crore in their whole life instead of paying to doer.
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BAXAR Jan 26, 2021 12:11pm
@Zak "Western media should cover this." They will not, that's why it is advisable not to listen too much to them, they have specific agenda.
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BAXAR Jan 26, 2021 12:13pm
@Teddy "Their country their rules. You mind your business." What are they doing in others' business then?
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Vijeth Jan 26, 2021 12:31pm
@Salman for your kind information India is Pakistans history.... You're born out of India...
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Amarnath Jan 26, 2021 12:41pm
Modi/Amit Shah mollycoddle these elements. It is going to have consequences. Scary situation
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Monti singh Jan 26, 2021 01:17pm
Jai Rajputana..
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bhaRAT© Jan 26, 2021 01:53pm
@Karl Marx And you are competing with vigor!
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Pakistani in New Zealand Jan 26, 2021 02:59pm
If it was a Muslim country , then the Western press would have been highlighting it in detail every day.
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Vivek Jan 26, 2021 03:33pm
@Salman correct. Recently France was also laughing stock of the world. And no one understands this better than your country
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FAZ Jan 26, 2021 03:39pm
@Vaibhav The Gandhi killer was also irrelevant?
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FAZ Jan 26, 2021 03:44pm
@RAja Raman Indians are doing the same mistakes what Pakistan did in 80's under Zia. The economic progress was good at that time so all considered Zia as the beacon of light. 40 years on, we all know what happened.
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M. Saeed Jan 27, 2021 12:55am
It is high time to shift Bollywood to some neutral place like Srilanka.
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k k tiwari Jan 27, 2021 02:42pm
How many you will kill , every day it is happening to disrespect Hindu Gods and Indian Nation .Best is to enact a blasphamy law on the lines of Pakistan
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