A Hindi web-series titled Tandav stirred in a huge controversy recently, after Amazon Prime Video viewers of the nine-episode political thriller found several of the scenes to be problematic.

After two meetings with the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the OTT series' makers announced on Wednesday that they will be editing out the controversial scenes that inappropriately depict the U.P. Police personnel, Hindu deities, and the character playing Prime Minister.

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖, 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝑫𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕, 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 "𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒗"

𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯 𝐒𝟎𝟏𝐄𝟎𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝟎𝟑:𝟓𝟑:𝟎𝟎

𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖, 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙈 pic.twitter.com/6JTB3fskPy

— Harsh Shah (@_ShahHarsh) January 18, 2021

𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯 𝐒𝟎𝟏𝐄𝟎𝟐 𝐚𝐭 𝟎𝟖:𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎

𝙄𝙢𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 “𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨(𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙨)” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙨. pic.twitter.com/9JuB5jWn2h

— Harsh Shah (@_ShahHarsh) January 18, 2021

𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯 𝐒𝟎𝟏𝐄𝟎𝟔 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟒:𝟑𝟎:𝟎𝟎

𝙅𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙮𝙖, “𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚, 𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚” pic.twitter.com/oxl3N2wAMe

— Harsh Shah (@_ShahHarsh) January 18, 2021

However, BJP MLA Ram Kadam filed a complaint against the series in Mumbai, which has now been turned into an FIR. The FIR was registered under Sections 153 (A), 295 (A) and 505 of the Indian penal code.

Atleast 2 more FIRs have also been filed against the series' makers and artists, one of which is from the UP Police itself. Director of Tandav, Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki, head of India Originals at Amazon, Aparna Purohit, actor Saif Ali Khan and a few others in the series have been named in the FIR.