Mumbai: “The Family Man” creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK say they respect the emotions of Tamil individuals and have give you “a sensitive, balanced, and riveting story” in the second season of the present, which is dealing with controversy over its alleged depiction of Eelam Tamils.
Fronted by Manoj Bajpayee, “The Family Man” season two was scheduled to return earlier this 12 months on Amazon Prime Video however bought postponed following controversies across the streaming platform’s exhibits “Tandav” and “Mirzapur”.
Now, the sophomore season, set in Chennai, is scheduled to be launched on June 4.
It will see Bajpayee’s Srikant Tiwari pitted in opposition to a brand new and highly effective adversary, Raaji, performed by South star Samantha Akkineni.
There have been calls for the boycott of the sequence in Tamil Nadu, with IT Minister T Mano Thangaraj writing a letter to the Centre over the present’s depiction of Eelam Tamils in a “highly objectionable manner”.
In their assertion, Nidimoru and DK mentioned they respect the emotions of the Tamil individuals and confused that assumptions shouldn’t be made based mostly on the trailer.
“Some assumptions and impressions have been made based on a couple of shots in the trailer. We are very cognizant of the sentiments of the Tamil people and Tamil culture and have nothing but the utmost love and respect towards our Tamil people,” the filmmaker duo mentioned.
Nidimoru and DK insisted that they’ve offered a “sensitive, balanced, and riveting story”, which they’re hopeful the viewers will respect.
“We have put in years of arduous work into this present, and we have now taken nice pains to convey to our audiences a delicate, balanced, and riveting story? very like we did in season one of many present.
“We request everyone to wait and watch the show when it releases. We know you’ll appreciate it once you watch it,” they added.
Thangaraj, in his letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday, claimed the present “intentionally undermined” the historic battle of the Eelam Tamils.
“A serial loaded with insults and insinuations in opposition to the wonderful Tamil tradition may by no means be thought-about because the one having any broadcasting worth.
“Branding Tamil speaking actress Samantha as a terrorist in the serial is directly an attack on the pride of Tamils living around the world and no one will tolerate this kind of motivated and mischievous campaign,” he mentioned.
Earlier, Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) Founder Seeman has additionally demanded a ban on the present for portraying Tamils in a damaging gentle.
