Mumbai: Abhay 2 makers are facing backlash for the irresponsible use of freedom fighter Khudiram Bose's image. Netizens are fuming with anger seeing Bose's image on criminal board in once of the scenes of the series.
After the successful first season, Abhay, a Zee5 original returned on the OTT platform with the renewed season on August 14. The web series is Zee5's most viewed show so far and thus was the anticipation for season two. Instead of expected appreciation, the makers are however being slammed by netizens for their unmindful use of revolutionary freedom fighter Khudiram Bose's image on criminal board in once of the scenes.
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Bengali hero revolutionary Khudiram Bose has been called "Wanted Criminal" in Zee5 Abhay 2 web series.
— S.Nazia.Hassan(SR) (@SyedNaziaHassa1) August 16, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
(Of course CBSE, ICSE students will not recognize).If it was a picture of Annadurai, MG Ramachandran or NT Ramarao, how much fire can u imagine burning in the south? @ZEE5India pic.twitter.com/FLFxBb6FoJ
">Bengali hero revolutionary Khudiram Bose has been called "Wanted Criminal" in Zee5 Abhay 2 web series.
— S.Nazia.Hassan(SR) (@SyedNaziaHassa1) August 16, 2020
(Of course CBSE, ICSE students will not recognize).If it was a picture of Annadurai, MG Ramachandran or NT Ramarao, how much fire can u imagine burning in the south? @ZEE5India pic.twitter.com/FLFxBb6FoJBengali hero revolutionary Khudiram Bose has been called "Wanted Criminal" in Zee5 Abhay 2 web series.
— S.Nazia.Hassan(SR) (@SyedNaziaHassa1) August 16, 2020
(Of course CBSE, ICSE students will not recognize).If it was a picture of Annadurai, MG Ramachandran or NT Ramarao, how much fire can u imagine burning in the south? @ZEE5India pic.twitter.com/FLFxBb6FoJ
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Keyboard warriors are also wondering how show's director Ken Ghosh, who is a Bengali committed a terrible mistake of misusing Bose's image while he is considered to be the first fighter to sacrifice his life in the Indian freedom struggle.
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The brand new web series of ZEE5 Abhay 2 has portrayed freedom fighter and youngest martyr Khudiram Bose as a sketch of a criminal.. channel authority plz care to explain..otherwise we have to stop watching zee5 #banzee5 pic.twitter.com/xd3ZBjsfd8
— Dabby Bhadra (@BhadraDabby) August 16, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">The brand new web series of ZEE5 Abhay 2 has portrayed freedom fighter and youngest martyr Khudiram Bose as a sketch of a criminal.. channel authority plz care to explain..otherwise we have to stop watching zee5 #banzee5 pic.twitter.com/xd3ZBjsfd8
— Dabby Bhadra (@BhadraDabby) August 16, 2020The brand new web series of ZEE5 Abhay 2 has portrayed freedom fighter and youngest martyr Khudiram Bose as a sketch of a criminal.. channel authority plz care to explain..otherwise we have to stop watching zee5 #banzee5 pic.twitter.com/xd3ZBjsfd8
— Dabby Bhadra (@BhadraDabby) August 16, 2020
On facing rage on social networking sites, the makers have now blurred Bose's image and furnished an apology on Twitter saying they have "no intent whatsoever to offend any community or hurt anybody’s sentiments."
- — Ken Ghosh (@kenghosh) August 16, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
— Ken Ghosh (@kenghosh) August 16, 2020
">— Ken Ghosh (@kenghosh) August 16, 2020
The eight-episode series marks the return of Kunal Kemmu as an investigative officer, who has a knack for solving crimes with the mind of an offender. Abhay 2 also marks the digital debut of Chunky Panday and also features TV star Ram Kapoor in an extremely mysterious psycho killer role.
