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The Family Man 2 lands into controversy; Tamils protest against the show
While The Family Man 2 team is overwhelmed with the response to the trailer, the Tamil audience has taken offence over certain scenes in the trailer.
As soon as The Family Man 2 trailer released online yesterday on May 19, it took social media by storm for all the right and wrong reasons. While the trailer was being lauded by celebs and audience on Twitter, Tamilians raised objection towards certain scenes and facts in the Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Akkineni starrer The Family Man 2. Going by the tweets, the web show has hit the headlines for showing Tamil Nadu in a bad light. Hashtags like #ShameOnYouSamantha and #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils started trending on Twitter immediately after the trailer release.
The Family Man Season 2 trailer starring Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni is out and is getting a good response on social media. Manoj Bajpayee is seen as Srikant Tiwari while Samantha Akkineni plays the role of Rajji. While The Family Man 2 team is overwhelmed with the response to the trailer, the Tamil audience is offended over certain scenes in the trailer. #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils is trending on Twitter as the Tamil audience has taken offence on alleged facts in Samantha Akkineni's trailer.
One of the Twitter users wrote, "We demand an explanation or apology from @Samanthaprabhu2 & the director of the movie #Familyman2 for disrespecting the legacy of Tamils. @rajndk @PrimeVideoIN." The Tamil audience feels that they have been targetted by the makers in the show and have threatened to remove certain scenes from The Famil Man 2. Another user writes, "It's high time that filmmakers like @VetriMaaran @mari_selvaraj try making a film that portrays the Eelam struggle in the right manner and pull in mainstream audience."
Take a look at the Tweets below:
We strongly condemn this film which portrays the LTTE as extremists
Did we Tamils get to impose your fantasies? #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils #SamanthaAkkineni
@PrimeVideoIN THIS IS NOT DONE #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
Friends those who are asking why can't you wait for the full series?
For them my answer is, this trailer itself have show Tamils in bad light as Terrorist. Isn't it? It is enough brother/sister. It is not acceptable.#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
Samantha speaks Sri Lankan Tamil in the Family Man web series trailer. In the trailer scenes, she wears a uniform in resemblance with the LTTE uniform. The movie portrays Tamils as extremists! @Samanthaprabhu2 @BajpayeeManoj @PrimeVideoIN @rajndk#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
Actors should have some kind of responsibility while portraying character from sensitive area @Samanthaprabhu2 you totally disappointed us
need to come and xplain the things #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
The Family Man 2 also features Priyamani, Sharad Kelkar and Sharib Hashmi reprising their roles from season 1. The much-delayed web series is scheduled to release on June 4 on Amazon Prime India.
Meanwhile, celebs like actor Rakul Preet Singh, Naga Chaitanya, Nandini Reddy, Adivi Sesh, Taapsee Pannu are showering Samantha Akkineni with best wishes for her Hindi web debut.
Raj and DK in a statement recently said, "As creators, we have been waiting for a pretty long time to share the trailer of the much-awaited new season of The Family Man today. We promised the season will be out by end of this summer, and we are glad that we just about kept that promise :). The wait will finally be over on 4 June as Srikant Tiwari will return with a thrilling storyline, and ‘danger really has a new face’ — Samantha Akkineni, who has done a tremendous job, along with the always-fantastic ensemble cast. We are confident we have carved out an exciting season for you all, despite having to work through the pandemic. Hopefully the new season will be worth the wait. These are extremely difficult times, and we hope and pray for better times. Please stay safe, mask up, and vaccinate as soon as you can."
