A couple of months ago, the web series Tandav had caused a furore in the country. Actually, the Family Man Season 2 was supposed to be released around that time but Amazon Prime India pushed the release citing delay in production activities of the series.
On Wednesday, the streaming platform dropped the trailer of the show and revealed the released date as June 4th this year. However, soon after, a trend started on Twitter calling for the ban and boycott of the series.
Srikant Tiwari to arrive in Chennai this time around
While the first season was mostly set in Mumbai, as per the trailer, a chunk of season 2 is set to happen in the southern city of Chennai. The plot revolves around the presence of ISIS in Chennai and features Samantha as the lead antagonist. The trailer also shows Samantha talking in the Jaffna dialect and some portions are linked to LTTE and Sri Lanka.
Tamils not impressed with the trailer
The presence of ISIS in Chennai and projecting LTTE to be having links with ISIS has not gone down well with the Tamils. The people are alleging that it’s slander against them that the Tamil Liberation Movement is being linked to a terrorist outfit.
#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils Trending on Twitter
Meanwhile, the trend #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils has picked up steam on Twitter. Angry citizens from the state of Tamil Nadu are calling for a ban and boycott of the series. A few have even gone further by calling for the cancellation of Amazon’s subscription service. Here are a few tweets in this regard:
It's strategically planned genocide on Tamils.
History cannot be erased or eclipsed or changed. #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/fdn6bMIDkD— வேளாண் பெருங்குடி (@Dirdinesh1498) May 19, 2021
This Family Man 2 storyline depicting the presence of ISIS in Tamil Nadu and the LTTE as terrorists is portrayed as happening in Chennai !!
#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils@PrimeVideoIN @Samanthaprabhu2 @BajpayeeManoj pic.twitter.com/UGtw6NQ6YZ
— அதியன் கார்த்திᵀᴬᴹᴵᴸ ᴺᴬᵀᴵᴼᴺᴬᴸᴵˢᵀ❤️? (@athiyankarthi) May 19, 2021
We (tamils)fight for our Rights..
Time to unsubscribe Amazon prime and uninstall Amazon prime app @Samanthaprabhu2 @PrimeVideoIN #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/v0uqtmOqbW
— அதியன் கார்த்திᵀᴬᴹᴵᴸ ᴺᴬᵀᴵᴼᴺᴬᴸᴵˢᵀ❤️? (@athiyankarthi) May 19, 2021
People from south India trending #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
They say this webseries portrayed tamil community as terrorist and LTTE fighters (militant) as extremists pic.twitter.com/CMfHPabskn— Choice of Kashmir (@ChoiceofKashmir) May 19, 2021
Family man season 2 trailer speaks about unexpected coalition between ISI and LTTE rebels and Attack our mother land Chennai. That was completely false story line. Already Tamils voice were squeezed to tell our history. Hence ban that untruth history#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
— அகிலன் (@Akilan_Tamilan) May 19, 2021
Did you know what?
We Tamils suffering a lot from 1953 to till date of sinhala racism and facist government.
How can you picturize us as a terrorist.? #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/siujq9PzsY@rajndk @PrimeVideoIN @BajpayeeManoj @Samanthaprabhu2 pic.twitter.com/uH7vgk9b5i
— வேளாண் பெருங்குடி (@Dirdinesh1498) May 19, 2021
Speaking in Jaffna dialect Samantha is shown as having come to carry out an armed attack in Chennai. Coming in between the ’LTTE Tigers' uniforms!#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/DDqz8JwHmj
— தமிழன் சத்யா 2.0 (@tamilansathya01) May 19, 2021
Dear @CMOTamilnadu @mkstalin
Tamil Nadu cradle, incubation ground for terror activities, says BJP leader H Raja.
Family Man Season 2 also projects Tamil Nadu in a Bad light. Kindly take a stringent action and request you to ban the movie.#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/RJw8tpgD5O
— நிகரன் (@nikaran_ntk) May 19, 2021
India portraying Tamil Tigers linked with ISIS to the world. #Familyman2 Should be banned permanently. We don't appreciate it and request the distributors to not screen the film in the state.@Samanthaprabhu2 – Shame on you Samantha. #Familyman2_Against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/NS4uMV8zYc
— மோகன் தமிழன் (@mohankeech) May 19, 2021
Dear Indian movie directors and actors, you have successfully made the word 'Muslim' synonymous to terrorists and helped RW. Now, Do you want the same with Tamils? Be ethical. Be Responsible. #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils@PrimeVideoIN @Samanthaprabhu2 @BajpayeeManoj
— மணிவண்ணன் (@Maathira20) May 19, 2021
I just don’t understand why Fascist Indian government and media and recreation industries are consistently targeting Tamils? Is it just because we are the cradle of the present day civilisation?#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
— Karthik KVG – The Outlander (@King_of_Orion) May 19, 2021
The LTTE is not a terrorist organization, it is the Tamil National Army that fought for the rights of our Tamil people #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/rFczkr5rND
— உ.ரவிக்குமார் (@Ravimech07) May 19, 2021
Hollywood showed Russians and Cubans as mercenaries in their movies and created hatred against them. This is exactly these people are doing now against Tamils.#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
— முனைவர் முகம்மது கதாபி ( Dr Mohamed Gaddaffe ) (@drgaddaffe) May 19, 2021
We r the indain tamils, and we don't accept LTTE as terrorist. If ur movie show them as terror, then ur movie is shit to us?#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils@rajndk @Samanthaprabhu2 @PrimeVideoIN pic.twitter.com/VBUSikfuT5
— தமிழ் இடையன் (@thamizhidayan) May 19, 2021
There are several allegations that RSS had secret alliance with ISIS. Still India wants to know how the Police Officer Hemant Karkare who was investigating RSS terrorism got shot and dead in Mumbai terror attack.
LTTE is no way linked to ISIS
— ஆர்த்திக் தமிழன் (@ntk4tn) May 19, 2021
