Actor Manoj Bajpayee has returned as Shrikant Tiwari on “The Family Man 2″, and he is getting a good response for the role again. The series faced however, faced the ire of certain sections before release, over allegations that it depicted Tamils in an “objectionable manner”. The actor feels the sequence has labored, and that proves folks know the story isn’t about hurting sentiments.
“We as a staff — our administrators, writers — are very sentimental to every individual and state. We are delicate to the tradition. We would by no means do something to offend anybody. Even within the first season, and on this season of ‘The Family Man’, we don’t speak about politics. We put the characters there and we have a look at these characters in a humanised method. All these characters are heroes of their very own story. Now, the present is there proper in entrance of you. I do know you might be liking it as a result of someplace you’re feeling that the present is by no means what you had been apprehensive about. It is speaking about you and your sentiment in a really respectful method with all of the love,” Bajpayee advised IANS.
Controversy erupted when Tamil Nadu Minister for Information Technology, Mano Thangaraj, had written a letter to the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javedkar, on May 24, calling for a ban of the web series.
In his letter, Thangaraj said that “the series had depicted the Eelam Tamils in a highly objectionable manner and that if allowed to stream it would be prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony in the state”.
“The Family Man 2″ has Samantha Akkineni in her debut Hindi role, as a Sri Lankan Tamil suicide bomber named Raji, and also brings back Priyamani, Sharib Hashmi and Sharad Kelkar in familiar roles.
On pre-release expectations, Bajpayee said: “You don’t expect the extent of response. You are confident that people will like it but to what extent they will like it is unpredictable. It has taken us by surprise and we are overwhelmed with the response. The show is going to be there forever and I have read that many people are watching it a second time. It is not only flattering but it makes you feel so indebted and grateful.”
The sequence created by Raj and DK streams on Amazon Prime Video.
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