The Tamil Nadu government requested the Centre to take immediate action either to stop or ban the release of The Family Man 2 web series on Amazon Prime, saying it depicted the Eelam Tamils in a highly objectionable manner. Claiming there were condemnable, inappropriate, and malicious contents in the serial, Tamil Nadu IT Minister T Mano Thangaraj said the trailer released on social media was aimed at discrediting and distorting the historical struggle of the Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu IT Minister T Mano Thangaraj in a letter to Information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar said:
“I would like to bring to your notice about the condemnable, inappropriate and malicious contents of ‘The Family Man’ Serial in Hindi- which depicts the Eelam Tamils in a highly objectionable manner. The Trailer of the above said serial which was released in the Social Media Network is aimed at discrediting and distorting the historical struggle of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The sacrifices of their long drawn out democratic battle has been intentionally undermined, and it could not by any stretch of imagination considered merely as a serial with any value for Tamil culture. Moreover, a serial loaded with insults and insinuations against the glorious Tamil culture could never be considered as the one having any broadcasting value. For example, branding Tamil speaking actress Samantha as a terrorist in the serial is directly an attack on the pride of Tamils living around the world and no one will tolerate this kind of motivated and mischievous campaign.
The trailer of this serial has already evoked strong and widespread opposition from the people of Tamil Nadu as well as from the political parties in the state. While our brethren Eelam Tamils are struggling for decades to enjoy the fruits of equality, justice, peace and dignity in the island nation, it is highly unwarranted for an organisation like Amazon Prime to undertake this kind of a smear campaign against the Tamils who are builder of India as well as many nations across the globe.
I would like to state that the above serial has not only hurt the sentiments of Eelam Tamils but also the feelings of the people of Tamil Nadu in large-scale and if allowed to broadcast, it would be prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony in the state.
In the circumstances, I request you to take mediate action either to stop or ban the release of in OTT, Amazon Prime not only in Tamilnadu but also across the Country.”
