 "Padmavati: Uma Bharti joins protests; says pride of Indian woman is above politics")
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming period drama Padmavati has been embroiled in controversies from the time it went on floor. From protesters ransacking the Jaipur sets and assaulting the director, burning the film’s set in Kolhapur and most recently, the _bandh_ in Chittorgarh — the team of Padmavati has seen some testing times. Now, adding fuel to the fire of protests is Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti. In an array of tweets, Bharti has expressed her opinions on the film and the protests against it. On Saturday, the minister took to the social media platform and posted an open letter:
मेरा खुला पत्र #Padmavati pic.twitter.com/xXFqfVvlCt
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 4, 2017
She also claimed responsibility to safeguard the pride of Indian women, which she thinks might get violated by the film. Before this letter, she posted:
कुछ बातें राजनीति से परे होती है, हर चीज़ को वोट के चश्मे से नही देख सकती। मैं तो आज की भारतीय महिला हूं। /1 #Padmavati
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 4, 2017
जिस स्थिति में होंगी, भूत वर्तमान और भविष्य के स्त्रियों के सम्मान की चिंता ज़रूर करूंगी। /2
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 4, 2017
I am today's Indian woman, few things are above politics. /1 #Padmavati
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 4, 2017
As a proud woman I have to take care of the pride of every Indian woman - past present or future /2
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 4, 2017
Here are her tweets from yesterday:
I stand firm. No non-sense with Indian woman's pride - past, present or future.
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 3, 2017
रानी पद्मावती के विषय पर मैं तटस्थ नही रह सकती। मेरा निवेदन है कि पद्मावती को राजपूत समाज से न जोड़कर भारतीय नारी के अस्मिता से जोड़ा जाए।/1
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 3, 2017
क्यो न रिलीज़ से पहले इतिहासकार, फ़िल्मकार और आपत्ति करने वाला समुदाय के प्रतिनिधि और सेंसर बोर्ड मिलकर कमिटी बनाये और वो इसपर फैसला करे/2
— Uma Bharti (@umasribharti) November 3, 2017
Padmavati stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydari and Jim Sarbh. It is co-produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Bhansali Productions. The film is slated to release on 1 December. (Also read — Ranveer Singh on working with Deepika Padukone in Padmavati: 'I have no scenes with her')
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