Tag: Padmaavat

Mumbai: A fire broke out today in a multi-storey building here which houses a flat of Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone. The building Beaumonde Towers in Prabhadevi is located on Appasaheb Marathe Marg in Mumbai’s Worli. No one was reported injured in the fire, fire brigade sources said, adding that the fire was reported at 2pm […]

Mumbai: With the success of his two projects “Padmaavat” and “Simmba”, Ranveer Singh has delivered Rs 500 crore nett box office in India within a single year. The actor says he wants to stay away from letting this get to his head, and that he is focussed towards becoming the “best entertainer”. On his success, […]

Mumbai: From box office success to starting a new chapter in his personal life, actor Ranveer Singh says it has been a “phenomenal year” for him. Ranveer started the year with “Padmaavat” in which he garnered applause for essaying the role of villainous Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khilji. And he is ending the year on a […]

New Delhi: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat”, which opened to mixed reviews, is going strong at the box office. The film has minted over Rs 200 crore since its release in India. According to Viacom18 Motion Pictures, which produced the movie with Bhansali Productions, “Padmaavat” had a cumulative collection of Rs 212.5 crore till February 4. […]

Mumbai: Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, on a high after recording his biggest hit with “Padmaavat”, says box office numbers are a validation for him as an entertainer. “It feels amazing. As an entertainer, box office numbers are a validation that I am being able to entertain audiences and to me that’s everything,” Ranveer said in […]

New Delhi: Shree Rajput Karni Sena chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi on Saturday dismissed reports that his outfit has withdrawn protests against Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat” and said it must be some “fake news” circulated by a “fake Karni Sena”. He also said that his group has made the BJP pay – via its loss in […]

Jaipur: The Shri Rajput Karni Sena on Friday announced it has decided to take back its protest against the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat”, stating the movie glorifies the valour of the Rajputs. Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena’s Mumbai leader Yogendra Singh Katar said that on the directions of organisation’s national President Sukhdev Singh […]

Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh has received a letter of appreciation from megastar Amitabh Bachchan. He calls it his “award”. Ranveer shared a glimpse of the letter on Twitter and Instagram, but did not reveal the content written by Big B in it. “Mujhe mera award mil gaya. Amitabh Bachchan. (I have got my award),” Ranveer […]

Mumbai: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat” has marched past the Rs 100 crore mark at the box office in its opening weekend, bringing cheer to the Bollywood cash registers despite facing a long period of struggle for release. According to Viacom18 Motion Pictures, one of the banners behind the period drama, “Padmaavat” made a total of Rs […]

Mumbai: Actress Swara Bhasker has, in a scathing comment on “Padmaavat”, said she felt like a “vagina only” after watching the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial. She believes the film has brought up the question whether women — widowed, raped, young, old, pregnant, pre-pubescent — have the right to live. In an open letter published on […]

Gurugram: City police on Saturday detained Gurugram chief of Shri Rajput Karni Sena Thakur Kushalpal over the recent violent incidents, including attack on a school bus and torching of a state roadways bus here, a senior police officer said. In protest against the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat”, violent incidents took place at various […]

Mumbai: Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, who has registered his biggest opening day collection with “Padmaavat”, says most people had told him that a hero shouldn’t play the anti-hero. “Padmaavat”, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, registered opening day collections of Rs 19 crore net, according to producers Bhansali Productions and Viacom18 Motion Pictures. For Ranveer, whose […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on January 29 two petitions seeking contempt proceedings against Karni Sena leaders for obstructing the screening of film ‘Padmaavat’ that released on Thursday. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that the petitions would be heard on Monday as both […]

Jaipur: The Shree Rajput Karni Sena on Thursday denied any role in stone pelting on a school bus in Gurugram in Haryana over the screening of “Padmaavat”. Speaking to IANS, Vijendra Singh, Karni Sena spokesperson, said: “Rajputs can never even think of attacking a school bus. This is a plot being created by politicians, who […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Haryana’s BJP government after violence in Gurugram earlier in the day by a mob protesting against the release of ‘Padmaavat’. “The Manohar Lal Khattar government has failed to control law and order in the state. The way stones were pelted on a school bus, no […]