‘Ban The Empire Series’ trends as netizens slam the OTT show for ‘glorifying Mughals’

Netizens have started objecting to the Hotstar series 'The Empire', as the episodes popped out, accusing the makers of 'glorifying' the Islamic invader Babur. The Empire comes with a powerful ensemble of cast which includes Shabana Azmi, Dino Morea, Drashti Dhami, Kunal Kapoor, Aditya Seal, Sahher Bambba, Rahul Dev and others. Produced by Nikkhil Advani, the series is based on Alex Rutherford’s "Empire of the Moghul: Raiders from the North”. The show spans across eight episodes that are set in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It documents the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire and Babur's dynasty. 

Soon after netizens binge-watched the episodes of The Empire, released on the OTT platform, took to their Twitter handles and expressed anger over the 'wrong portrayal of Babur' which led to the trend - hashtag Ban The Empire Series. One of the users wrote, “Cleaning the image of an invador and idol breaker. Really ? #BanTheEmpireSeries”, another one said, “In future, movies will be made glorifying the Taliban..That’s just the way it is…#BanTheEmpireSeries”. A third one penned, “Ban the fake story”. Many viewers continue to protest against the show and have also called out others to boycott the series. A while ago, ‘Uninstall Hotstar’ also started trending as Hotstar landed itself in trouble after online streaming platform rejected the grievance complaints against The Empire series.

Check out the tweets here.

The Empire show is created by Nikkhil Advani and directed by Mitakshara Kumar. It was released on August 27. 

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