Padmaavat producer withdraws petition seeking police protection from Gujarat HC
Bollywood | February 02, 2018 21:49 ISTPadmaavat producer had claimed that exhibitors were ready to screen the movie in Gujarat but feared violence from fringe groups.
Padmaavat producer had claimed that exhibitors were ready to screen the movie in Gujarat but feared violence from fringe groups.
The controversial flick was released in India on January 25, however a few states refused to screen the movie under pressure from fringe outfit Karni Sena.
Karni Sena chief said the ongoing protest would be intensified and continued till Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat" is banned.
The faction accused Bhansali of ''hurting the honour of Maa Padmini''.
The Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, caught in a row that has lasted over a year, did not release in BJP-ruled Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat due to protests by Shri Rajput Karni Sena over alleged distortion of Rajput history.
The Karni Sena has been protesting vociferously against the Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie, which they say distorts history
The villagers believe that if the controversy-ridden movie is truly based on Jayasi’s poem then there shouldn’t be anything objectionable in it.
Quiet since long on the issue of threats and violence perpetrated by Karni Sena and other fringe outfits, the opposition leaders were quick to attack the BJP Government for alleged inaction against protests after Wednesday violence.
A Facebook page live streamed Padmaavat adding to the woes of Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
"Vandalism to stop release of 'Padmaavat' is despicable, reprehensible and utterly nauseating," tweeted Congress leader Manish Tewari.
"This is nothing but 'pakoda' politics practiced by BJP. Prime Minister and his party have meekly surrendered before these people who are protesting. He has 56 inch chest only for Muslims," Owaisi said.
The two petitions referred to the various apex court orders allowing exhibition of movie in theatres across India saying law and order is the duty of the state governments.
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