More Trouble For Saif In Tandav?

Tandav  could be  Saif Ali Khan next troublespot. Amazon’s  new webseries that goes live in mid-January has him playing a wily North Indian politician. It is based on  a  real-life  politician, a very controversial one  at that. But we are not revealing a name . There is enough trouble  for Saif every time his movie opens , or he opens his mouth.

  2020’s only large-screen   blockbuster  Tanhaji  became  very  controversial after Saif spoke about the manipulation  of  history. Now even before it has started shooting Saif’s  Adipurush where he plays Ravana  is in the  news  for  all the wrong reasons.

Again  in his webseries Tandav he plays a character  with shades  of grey. In an interview to me  Saif said he enjoys playing dark characters as they give him  a chance to  be more morally flexible.

Tandav is  the   story of a morally compromised  politician who wants to   become the prime  minister  of  the country  by hook or crook. Going by  the teaser  it looks  like an interesting slickly-packaged  political thriller with a powerful  supporting cast including Dimple  Kapadia who  apparently plays the  manipulative brain behind the  political throne.

At a time when many  A-list stars in Bollywood have decided to stay away  from political  themes—why? Because it  always  causes controversy and trouble—Saif is  back at the   forefront  of a volatile modernday game of thrones. No wonder I consider him the  most daring Khan  in Bollywood after Irrfan.