Around 25 people of a Rajput community united on Saturday protested outside director of controversy movie ‘Padmavati’ Sanjay Leela Bhansali's office in residential area Juhu against his upcoming movie 'Padmavati', the police said. The protesters demanded that the film should not be released, a senior police official said. 'Padmavati,' helmed by Bhansali, is slated to hit theatres shortly. The movie has been facing a lot of trouble since early this year. Police said that they detained the objection, but later released them.
The film, starring Deepika Padukone as Padmavati, Shahid Kapoor as Maharawal Ratan Singh and Ranveer Singh as Alauddin Khilji, is based on the legend of Rani Padmavati, a Hindu Rajput queen. Bhansali had been assaulted by activists of a Rajput community group, the Karni Sena, during the shooting of the film in Jaipur in January. The outfit has been constantly seeking a ban on the movie, claiming it "Misconduct" history.
"We will not allow release of the movie in any of the theaters in and around Jamshedpur," said Samresh Singh, president of the youth wing of the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha (ABKM). He said the organisation would also urge the state government to ban the movie scheduled to be released on December 1. "The glorious history of the country has been distorted in the movie which will not be tolerated," Singh said after a meeting of the organisation. Asking theatre owners not to screen the film, he said the ABKM might also move court to stop its release.