The Family Man 2: Raj and DK issue a statement over the show's controversy

Filmmakers Raj and DK who have directed the upcoming Amazon Prime Video web series The Family Man Season 2 on Tuesday responded to the calls for banning the show noting that assumptions have been made based on a few shots in the trailerActor Manoj Bajpayee who plays the lead in the series shared a statement from the directors on his Twitter handle requesting people to wait for the show saying that utmost efforts have been taken to present a sensitive balanced and riveting storyIn the statement shared by the actor Raj and DK said Some assumptions and impressions have been made based on just a couple of shots in the trailer Many of our lead cast members as well as key members of the creative amp writing team are Tamilians 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 peoplehttpstcoMEL0iupYq9 pictwittercom6X1XR0N6Vfmdash manoj bajpayee BajpayeeManoj May 25 2021Requesting people to watch the show first they continued We have put in years of hard work into this show and we have taken great pains to bring to our audiences a sensitive balanced and riveting story much like we did in Season 1 of the show We request everyone to wait and watch the show when it releases We know youll appreciate it once you watch itThe recentlyreleased trailer of The Family Man Season 2 had landed in some serious trouble for its narrative Reportedly on Monday the Tamil Nadu government had requested the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to either stop or ban the release of the series for allegedly depicting the Eelam Tamils in a negative lightAs per reports earlier Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko also wrote a letter to the Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar seeking a ban on the series stating that it depicted Tamilians as terroristsThe Family Man is an edgy actiondrama series which tells the story of a middleclass man Srikant Tiwari portrayed by Bajpayee who works for a special cell of the National Investigation AgencyThe series has been created and directed by Raj and DK and the new season will see Bajpayee and JK Talpade reprising their roles along with Priya Mani and Sharad Kelkar This season will see Srikant and Sharib Hashmi taking on a bigger and deadlier missionThe awardwinning Amazon Original Series marks the digital debut of South superstar Samantha Akkineni who joins the stellar ensemble cast as the nemesis of SrikantProduced by D2R Films the muchawaited show will soon launch exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories on June 4 2021Also Read Raj and DK Before The Family Man 2 we never were the sequel kind of peopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever