'The Family Man 2' makers slammed for depicting Chennai in a bad light as Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni's show is termed 'anti-Tamil'

By Rashita Sahni

on May 20, 2021 11:06:29 AM

The Family Man 2 trailer, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni, finally released on Amazon Prime Video's Youtube channel on Wednesday. Fans of the series were waiting eagerly for the trailer to release and ever since it dropped, it has garnered over 16 million views.

However, a certain section on the internet seems to be offended by the trailer. A section of the society has taken to social media to accuse the web series of depicting Chennai and Tamil Nadu in a bad light. They have denounced the series as ‘anti-Tamil’. Hashtags such as #ShameOnYouSamantha and #FamilyMan2_against_Tamils began trending on Twitter following its launch. After seeing the trailer, many have also demanded a public apology from the series directors Raj and DK.

If the series has anything that hurts the Tamils and Eelam Tigers, It should and it will be banned for hurting Tamils. Don't talk about anything if you don't know about our History. Puligal ungalai vettaiyadi vidum.#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils pic.twitter.com/WJHSjHS6PE

— Swaminathan VeeraTamilar (@SVeeratamilar) May 19, 2021

don't blame our world's one and only ethical Army #Familyman2_against_tamils pic.twitter.com/F7i79uJeqO

— (@uthayakumark5) May 19, 2021

#FamilyMan2_against_Tamils
its seems LTTE portrayed as a extremist organization. We tamils are not extremist We are Freedom Fighters.
Stop slandering the feelings of Tamils and the liberation struggle of the native people of Tamil Eelam.!@rajndk @Samanthaprabhu2 @PrimeVideoIN pic.twitter.com/1Bj2ZdSZhm

— SEEMANISM (@Seemanism) May 19, 2021

South star Samantha Akkineni, who plays Raji, a rebel from Chennai who vows to spare none, has also been accused on social media. No statement has been issued by Amazon Prime Video yet.

The Family Man 2 also stars Seema Biswas, Darshan Kumaar, Sharad Kelkar, Sunny Hinduja, Shreya Dhanwantary, Shahab Ali, Vedant Sinha, Mahek Thakur, Mime Gopi, Ravindra Vijay, Devadarshini Chetan, Anandsami and N. Alagamperumal. The series will release on Amazon Prime Video on June 4, 2021.