New Delhi [India], Feb 6: Controversy over films based on historical characters refuses to die down in Rajasthan. After 'Padmaavat', it is the about-face of Kangana Ranaut-starrer 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi' to face the ire of a abstruse bourgeois binding outfit, the Sarva Brahmin Mahasabha.

The Mahasabha's state president, Suresh Mishra, asked the Rajasthan government on Monday to anon stop the shooting of the film to ensure hsitorical facts were not adulterated in the epic biographical blur about Rani Laxmibai. It's a feeling of deja vu for Bollywood buffs. After Sanjay Leela Bhansali was attacked for allegedly distorting history in Padmaavat, Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi on the line of fire. Padmaavat faced opposition from Rajput fringe outfits, and Manikarnika has irked a Brahmin organisation.

The Sarva Brahmin Mahasabha, an organisation of Brahmins, has raised objection alleging distortion of historical facts. In fact, the organisation has sent a warning letter to the makers, and have threatened to stall the shooting of the film in Rajasthan. He insisted that the shooting would be allowed only after the film-makers gave an undertaking that no controversial scene would be shown in the movie.

At a press conference, the outfit said if the state government didn't react to their demand within three days, they would escalate their agitation. "We will meet Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh and Rajasthan home minister Gulab Chand Kataria seeking their intervention," Mishra added.The film is being shot at Malsisar town in Jhunjhunu. The filmmakers had also shot some scenes at Amer Fort in Jaipur in 2017 and at Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort.