Padmavati Protests

Padmavati, the film, will burn in the flames of jauhar: Karni Sena's Lokendra Singh Kalvi tells Firstpost

Firstpost's deputy executive editor Sanjay Singh interviewed Karni Sena's chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi about the group's violent protests against Padmavati.

Padmavati controversy: Shivraj Singh Chouhan bans film in Madhya Pradesh; Siddaramaiah and Mamata say attack on freedom of speech

Since Rajput organisation Karni Sena's first protests against the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie Padmavati in January, several political leaders have voiced their objections to the film and its depiction of historical facts.

Padmavati row highlights: Australian actress Ruby Rose 'shocked' at what Deepika Padukone is going through

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) decided to send back the film Padmavati citing an "incomplete" application.

Padmavati row: Attacking Bhansali is like claiming a film on Chulbul Pandey would distort history

Not Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his film Padmavati, it is the purveyors of faux history who are the real enemies of Indian culture

Padmavati: Vidya Balan says those protesting against Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'are not above CBFC'

Vidya Balan says the protesters should not raise their voice against the film's content till they have not watched it in its entirety.

Padmavati: Calm down and lay off Bhansali, Rani Padmavati's character could be fictitious

Rani Padmavati was first written about in an epic poem named Padmavat by the 16th-century Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

Padmavati protest: Would Karni Sena defend a rape survivor, or a woman who chooses her lover?

It’s time the Karni Sena realise their arguments seem to be less about historical fact than it is about controlling Padmavati’s story — which in this case also means controlling women’s bodies.

Padmavati row: The real challenge with the narrative on Rani Padmini and Rajput identity

History is about facts from sources that are respected or trusted by historians. But the protests over Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati shows that historical issues today are rarely about facts and always about inferences and ideologies.

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.