By Hussain
After the great success of ‘The Family Man season 1’, the directors of the second season, Raj and DK, are all set to release it on the Amazon Prime OTT platform. But soon after the official trailer was released, the web series came into many controversies.
The DMK government of Tamil Nadu has asked Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar to ban the release of ‘Season 2’. Tamil Nadu government in a letter quoted the season 2 as ‘condemnable, inappropriate and malicious.’
The reason was given that the web series depicts the Eelam Tamils of Sri Lanka in ‘highly objectionable’ ways, like, “branding Tamil Speaking Actress Samantha as a terrorist” — The DMK government wrote in a letter to Mr. Prakash Javadekar.
Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Vaiko has also written a letter in which he alleges that the sacrifices of the Eelam Tamil Community were wrongly shown in the web series. He also demands a ban on the release.
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Replying to which the web series protagonist and a well-known actor Manoj Bajpai has released a statement on his Instagram account saying… “We are very cognizant of the sentiments of the Tamil Culture and have nothing but the utmost love and respect towards our Tamil people.”
“…Many of our lead cast members and key members of the creative and writing team are Tamilians…. We have put in years of hard work into this show, and we have taken great pains to bring our audiences a sensitive, balanced, and riveting story. We request everyone to wait and watch the show when it releases. We know you’ll appreciate it once you watch it.” he said in the post.
The series is scheduled for release on 4 June on Amazon Prime but the issue has raised concerns for the fans. The response of the Union I&B ministry is also awaited in this matter. Till then the fans can only wait for the release.