A new day and yet another new hashtag, trending on Twitter! Why is it so important? Well, what would you call it when it involves names like Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Sunil Grover, Kumud Misra, and many others?
What Is This New Show?
Tandav is the name of the show that is creating buzz for all kinds of reasons. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on the 15th of January this year. IMDb chose to describe the TV series as the portrayal of the power play that ‘takes you inside the closed, chaotic doors of power and manipulation and uncovers the darkest lanes of Indian politics’.
Why is #BanTandavNow Trending On Twitter?
Although the show failed to garner any critical acclamation, it did grab hundreds and thousands of eyeballs with its entanglement in contentious topics of religion and caste.
It hardly takes a minute for the Twitterati to take offense on anything. This time was also not a departure from the usual ritual of disliking and complaining against something that challenges a certain set of ideas and notions.
The program seems to have anti-Dalit and communalist elements in it. Twitterati also claims that Tandav has hurt Hindu sentiments. The accusation does not stop there. Netizens indicted the show makers for making fun of Lord Shiva and Lord Ram and commiserating with the Muslims.