Tag: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

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: 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 […]

Jaipur:  Shri Rajput Karni Sena chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi on Wednesday said his organisation won’t allow the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavaat” at any cost, even if he is arrested. “January 25 (the film’s release) may come and go but we won’t let the film release, come what may,” he said. Kalvi also denied the […]

Ahmedabad: Scores of persons protesting against the impending release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’ went on rampage here on Tuesday evening, burning vehicles and pelting stones even as cinema halls announced they would not screen it despite Supreme Court orders. Police said around 200 protesters went around multiplexes on the upmarket SG Highway in Ahmedabad […]

Gurugram: If state governments are ready to release Bollywood movie “Padmaavat” following the Supreme Court’s order, the Shri Rajput Karni Sena too is prepared to stop the release of the film that “doctors the great history of the nation”, its chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi said here on Monday. Kalvi, addressing media persons here, spoke strongly […]

Mumbai: After months of facing resistance, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat” — earlier titled “Padmavati” — will hit the screens worldwide on January 25, the makers formally announced on Sunday. The filmmaker hopes the audience likes the movie, which he says is his homage to the valour of the Rajputs. The period drama, which will release […]

Jaipur/Chittorgarh: In a new twist to the ongoing controversy over release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie “Padmaavat”, female members of Kshatriya community in Chittorgarh on Saturday threatened to perform “jauhar” (self-immolation) if the screening of the film is not stopped by the government. In a Sarvasamaj meeting held in Chittaurgarh, the members decided to stage […]

Mumbai: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial Hindi film “Padmavati”, which stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, will release on January 25 as “Padmavat”. “It will release as ‘Padmavat’ on January 25. The film has got U/A certificate,” sources at Viacom18 Motion Pictures told IANS. “Padmavati” — now “Padmavat” — was earlier slated for release on […]

New Delhi: The Shree Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena on Friday demanded a ban on “Padmavati” after slamming Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani and censor board chief Prasoon Joshi for allowing its release with a U/A certificate. “I want to ask the central government what benefits will they get by supporting this movie? All the […]

Mumbai: Former censor board chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani says the film industry needs to be united in its fight to avoid becoming a victim of politics. Expressing sympathy for filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his movie “Padmavati”, Nihalani said: “Full sympathy to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and full concern for the industry because it is not just […]

Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who is vocal about the right to freedom of speech and expression, says his opinion will not provide a solution to the problems faced by the team of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film “Padmavati”. During the trailer launch of his upcoming film “Mukkabaaz” on Friday, he was asked about his opinion on […]

New Delhi: Superstar Salman Khan finds it confusing to gauge the right and the wrong in the row over “Padmavati”. However, he said a controversy around a film only leads to loss. As the protests around Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” continue, Salman spoke about it during a session at an event here on Thursday. “No one […]

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday ordered a ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” in the state. The Chief Minister ordered concerned officials to ban the release after BJP MLA Neeraj Kumar Bablu demanded it in a letter. The ban on “Padmavati” in Bihar would be in place “till controversy surrounding it gets […]

Chandigarh/Kolkata: Haryana BJP leader Suraj Pal Amu on Saturday threatened West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that she would meet the same fate as “Surpanakha”, a demoness from the epic Ramayana whose nose was cut off by Lakshman, a day after she asserted her state was ready to welcome Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial film “Padmavati” […]