Sanjay Leela Bhansali attacked, suspends “Padmavati” shoot
Members of the Indian film fraternity have asked for action against the Shree Rajput Karni Sena, a political outfit that attacked filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Friday. Bhansali was shooting for his film “Padmavati” in Jaipur, when members of the group abused him physically and vandalised the set. They claimed Bhansali has distorted facts about the life of queen Padmavati in his film, putting her in bad light, and wanted to see the script. Bhansali later closed the shooting temporarily and returned to Mumbai.
Five people have been detained by police for disturbing peace.
The film's team reportedly issued a clarification that there will be no romantic scene between the characters of Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji, played by Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh respectively
Bollywood stars including Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan, Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Farhan Akhtar, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Onir, Rahul Dholakia, Swara Bhaskar and Rajkumar, among many others, united to voice their anger towards the incident and offered their support to the director.
The film's central cast – Deepika, Ranveer and Shahid Kapoor, also expressed their deep shock and concern on twitter.
Source: TNN, Hindustan Times
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