Manoj Bajpayee’s Season 2 of the popular show ‘
The Family Man
’ has run into trouble again. While the new season of the show on
Amazon had been receiving generally positive reviews on social media, there’s been a new development of political backlash against the show, from Tamil Nadu. Naam Tamilar Katchi, the Nationalist party in
Tamil Nadu and its leader Seeman has reiterated the demand to ban the show, alleging the depiction of Thamizhs as vulgar. In a letter written to Amazon, he said, “The valorous Thamizh Eezham freedom struggle has been portrayed cheaply and intended to tarnish the image.” He also alleges that the show has been made to sound like the voice of the Sinhala government.
Seeman further adds the web series has been made to hurt the sentiments of 12 crore Thamizh nationals who have yet to recover from the structural genocide of this century. He further states the demand from Thamizh of the entire world, to ban the show as it shows the LTTE and Thamizh leader V Prabhakaran in a negative light.
Earlier, after the trailer of ‘The Family Man: Season 2’ had been released on social media, Rajya Sabha MP
Vaiko had filed a complaint with
Information And Broadcasting
Minister
Prakash Javadekar against the show seeking a ban on it. Vaiko in his letter had said the trailer of ‘The Family Man 2’ depicted Tamilians as terrorists and
ISI agents who have links with Pakistan. He had also alleged the sacrifices made by Tamil Eelam warriors were also wrongly shown as a terrorist act. Tamil actress Samantha, who features in a prominent lead role in the show, has been receiving positive reviews from fans and media alike. But, according to Vaiko, her character was shown as a terrorist having a connection with Pakistani terrorists and he alleged that these depictions have hurt the sentiments of the Tamil people and culture.
When ETimes contacted representatives of Amazon Prime, the platform chose not to comment on these developments.