A number of B town celebs including renowned filmmakers Karan Johar, Mukesh Bhatt and Anurag Kashyap have demanded action against protesters who assaulted filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the sets of his film ‘Padmavati’ in Rajasthan on Friday.
Bhansali was slapped and his hair was pulled at the Jaigarh Fort by members of the Rajput Karni Sena who stormed the film sets and vandalised equipment. They allege that the film shows much-celebrated Rajput queen in poor light.
Fellow filmmaker Karan Johar said that he is appalled at what has happened with Sanjay Bhansali. "This is the time for all us as an industry to stand by our people and fraternity," he said.
"The film industry has to abandon its politics of silence, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said on Twitter, adding, "Silence is now tantamount to betrayal".
Actor and filmmaker Farhan Akhtar said there was enough evidence and he is waiting to see how many people are punished for what happened to Mr Bansali and his crew. "This is mockery of democracy. "My full support to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the crew."
"Having been through many instances of turmoil during a film shoot or release...i understand Sanjay's emotion at this point...I stand by him," Johar said.
Besides them, a host of other Bollywood celebs also came to the forefront and expressed their anger through social media.
