Padmavati Protest

Padmavati: An open letter from Shurpanakha to the Karni Sena and men sharpening knives everywhere

Karni Sena brothers, I give you one of those strange English sayings: Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. Why not meditate on that?

Padmavati: Deepika Padukone condemns destruction of film-inspired rangoli in Surat

Artist Karan K claims that the mob kept shouting slogans of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ as they destroyed his Padmavati-inspired Rangoli that he took 48 hours to create

Padmavati: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film delayed yet again, this time due to FWICE strike

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's crew has reduced their working hours from 18 to eight, which is proving to be yet another hurdle in Padmavati's scheduled release.

Padmavati won't be released in Rajasthan till it is shown to Rajput leaders:Minister Pushpendra Singh

Padmavati: A Rajasthan minister today said Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film will not get a release in the state till it is shown to the Rajput community leaders who have objected to the movie.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali brokers peace with Rajput Sabha; Karni Sena wants Padmavati title changed

In the midst of fresh threats over his film Padmavati from the Hindu Sena, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali brokered a fragile peace agreement with the Rajput Sabha. However, it could be threatened by the Karni Sena's demand that the film's title be changed.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati in fresh trouble; Hindu Sena protests, after Karni Sena row

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical epic Padmavati has found itself in the midst of a fresh controversy after another outfit — the Hindu Sena — protested against its depiction of 'distorted history'. A member of the group reportedly also issued a death threat 'to Bollywood' for standing up in support of Bhansali and his film, after the Karni Sena — which claims to represents the interests of the Rajput community — damaged his sets in Jaipur and roughed up the famed auteur.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali-Padmavati row: Political failure to intervene boosts cultural censorship

This pattern of silence or muted criticism — as seen most recently in the case of Sanjay Leela Bhansali being assaulted by the Karni Sena over objections to Padmavati — is what has made the Indian political class complicit with the mobs, in enforcing and promoting the rising cultural censorship across the country.