Over-the-top anger

Tandav is the most recent addition to a wave of bolder, more controversial Indian series that have met with a backlash from the right-wing groups and politicians

“You cannot hurt religious sentiments of others,” the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, told the makers of Tandav, a political drama streamed on Amazon Prime, as they declined to grant them interim protection from arrest.

The big-budget web series became the first to bow and make edits after intervention from the Centre, amid an intensifying outcry and repeated calls for a boycott.

Over the years, India’s system of film certification has ensured that critical or uncomfortable narratives make their way to people cautiously. Neve­rtheless, movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha, Udta Punjab, Padmaavat, and Water got their share of criticism and