Amazon Prime’s Tandav 2021 Web Series Season 01: Online Leak Rumor, Religious Controversy, and In Depth Review


On Jan 15, 2021, Amazon Prime premiered this year's first controversial web series "Tandav" starring Saif Ali Khan in the lead role is reported leaked online in many piracy web portals i.e. 9xMovies, 7StarHD, 5StarHD, Cinevood, FilmyZilla, StarHD, etc. and many other. Apart from the leak, the web series also fell into a religious controversy over Lord Shiva and Ram. Read the full article to know about all the information about "Tandav" including an in-depth review.

Artists: Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan, Kumud Mishra, Sunil Grover, Gauhar Khan, Shonali Nagrani, Kritika Kamra, Anoop Soni, Dino Morea, Sandhya Mridul, etc. 

Director: Ali Abbas Zafar

Producers: Ali Abbas Zafar and Himanshu Kishan Mehra. 

Tandav Controversy

Saif Ali Khan's web series Tandava has come into controversy as soon as it is released. Controversy has erupted over the dialogues and scenes of this drama-rich web series. Many viewers have expressed their displeasure on social media for a scene and dialogue of Tandava. Actually, in the first episode of the web series, it is shown that actor Zeeshan is seen disguised as Lord Shiva in Job University function.

In this disguise, he addresses the students and says to whom do you want freedom. As soon as they come to the stage, a stage operator says, 'Narayan-Narayan. God does something. Ramji's followers are constantly increasing on social media. I think we should also devise some new strategies. On this, Zeeshan Ayub, who is seen as Shiva, says, "What should I do to change the picture?" After this, the stage operator says that you are very innocent.

Many people have expressed their objection to social media by taking this view of the web series Tandava. Many people on Twitter are drawing anger from people for showing Lord Shiva this way and commenting about Lord Ram. Expressing his anger on Tandava, a social media user named Ankita Thakur wrote, 'Ali Abbas is the director of the Tandava web series and is fully involved in promoting the left-wing agenda. He is glorifying the gang in pieces.'

Ali Abbas Zafar is the Director of #Tandav totally based on his LW propaganda, glorifying Tukde Tukde gang n also #ZesanAyyub showed Lord Shiva abusing on the stage. Degrading FoE. #BoycottTandav pic.twitter.com/1Qtu4YTBow - Ankita Thakur (@ ankita_thakur2) January 15, 2021

Some users have raised objections to this dialogue. At the same time, it has been called anti-Hindu propaganda. Many social media users are expressing their anger about the web series Tandava. Let us tell you that the Tandava web series has been released on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video. Based on the political drama, this web series stars Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Dino Morea, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Zeeshan Ayub, Sunil Grover, and Gauhar Khan in the lead roles.

Tandav Review

The political thriller web series 'Tandava' on Amazon Prime Video was scheduled to be released on January 15 but was released a few hours ahead of schedule on January 14. The series is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, while several well-known actors including Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Kumud Mishra, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sunil Grover, and Gauhar Khan have played important roles in the series. This is also Ali's digital debut. 

Tandava is the story of adopting every tactic of sam-daam-dand-bhed (साम-दाम-दण्ड-भेद) to achieve political ambitions. However, despite the huge star cast, lavish scenes, and all the spices, the series does not get into the depth of politics that makes a political story a true thriller. Tandava is a superficial political thriller web series that fails to engage the viewer.

The fault is not even with the creators of Tandava. In the last few years, the public has seen so many political claims in real life that the understanding and attitude of watching political-thrillers has changed and the same real events are spread in the series of 9 episodes. Interest incident is inevitable. Be it JNU on the pretext of student politics and mainstream politics or farmers' dissatisfaction with the government or the role of media in the current political scenario. The slogans of freedom, left, right and we need, the people are constantly watching everything.

The orgy consists of two tracks running parallel to each other through the characters of the series. One track is of student politics and the other is mainstream politics. Writer Gaurav Solanki may not have had to work too hard on the track on student politics, as he has created scenes incorporating the major faces and developments of student politics that have been in the headlines over the years. However, some imaginative use is made in writing scenes of mainstream politics, but they are ineffective due to being predictable.  

Devki Nandan (Tigmanshu Dhulia) is the leader of the country's largest party Janata Lok Dal (JLD) and has been Prime Minister thrice, is going to be the fourth time. However, he dies just before the election results are out. Devaki Nandan's death is the first major twist in this story. The power game begins at the party after Devaki Nandan's death. Son Samar Pratap Singh (Saif Ali Khan), an ally of Devaki Nandan since his time in student politics and the party's number two leader Gopal Das Munshi (Kumud Mishra) and senior party leader and Anuradha Kishore (who has a personal relationship with Devaki Nandan) Dimple Kapadia), the game begins, in which Anuradha bets and becomes the PM.

Anuradha holds a weak vein of Summer. He remains flirtatious but is unable to take any step against Anuradha. So Samar decides to become 'Chanakya', who will gain power by searching for 'Chandragupta'. After becoming PM, Anuradha now faces the challenge of keeping old party veterans and summer camp. Summer, however, sees his Chandragupta in student leader Shiva Shekhar (Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub), who has become the poster boy of campus politics since the peasant movement. The next story is based on the same political 'Summer' between Anuradha and Samar, whose commanders are Samar's wife Ayesha (Sarah Jane Dias), PA Gurpal (Sunil Grover), and Anuradha's PA Maithili (Gauhar Khan). 

Tandava fails to offer anything new as a political thriller. Political developments are also seen repeating the age-old pattern, which the audience has seen in dozens of films based on political background. Be it the prime minister Devaki Nandan, more important than the relationship or the relationship with the most ambitious son Samar Pratap Singh, or the relationship to climbing the political ladder, or the desire of Anuradha Kishore to become the PM himself or the rival camp Bargain to break MPs. 

Dialogues are important in political thriller stories. The lightness of the scenes is sometimes weighed down by the dialogues. However, the dialogues of the Tandava are simple and flat. The biggest attraction of Tandava is its star cast, which is headed by Saif Ali Khan and Dimple Kapadia. Saif is fine in the role of an ambitious, ruthless, and intrigue-by-intrigue leader. However, the work that Saif did in the negative roles as Omkara's lame Tyagi is the climax of Saif's acting journey so far, which he has not left behind despite playing all the negative characters.

Dimple Kapadia has been an experimental actress and has successfully faced many challenges of acting in her career. Dimple also does not disappoint in her digital debut. He has equally lived up to the dignity and deceitfulness of his character. Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub and Sana Mir (Kritika Kamra) in the role of Vivekananda University (VNU) student leader Shiva Shekhar have tried their best to bring life to life. However, Sana Mir's track could not open up in the first season.

The role of PM Devaki Nandan is played by Tigmanshu Dhulia effortlessly. However, at the age of just three years older than Saif Ali Khan, Tigmanshu also knocks in the role of his father. Sarah Jane Dias in the role of Samar's wife, Sunil Grover as PA Gurpal, and Gauhar Khan as PA Maithili in Anuradha. Both actors have looked different from their screen images. Particularly, seeing Sunil as Gurpal does not remind Guthi at all. 

Kumud Mishra and Shonali Nagrani have also done justice to their characters. The characters of Dino Morea, Sandhya Mridul, Amaira Dastur, Hiten Tejwani, and Anoop Soni have not found much space in the first season. Perhaps more layers of these characters will open in the next seasons. The background store that plays Niranthanar in all episodes of the series makes the scenes effective. Ali Abbas Zafar, who directed films like Sultan, Gunday, and Tiger Zinda Hai, and Gaurav Solanki, who wrote sensitive and intense films like Article 15, were expected to create a truly macabre web series in the world of OTT.

Verdict: ** 1/2 (Two and Half Star)

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