Padmavati: Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani slams Vasundhara govt over assault on Sanjay Leela Bhansali
A day after filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was assaulted by Karni Sena activists in Rajasthan, CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani slammed Vasundhara Raje government for failing to provide security.
Karni Sena activists assaulted filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and disrupted the shooting of 'Padmawati'. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 28, 2017 14:38 IST
Central Board of Film Certification chairman Pahlaj Nihalani has slammed the Vasundhara Raje government of Rajasthan for failing to provide adequate security to the shooting unit of Bollywood film Padmavati.
Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was assaulted by Karni Sena activists, who protested against some scenes and sequences of the period film that was being shot in Rajasthan.
Hitting out at the Vasundhara Raje government, CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani said, "Before release no one knows the film's story but people still try to stall films. What was the state government doing? Why wasn't protection given to the film's crew?"
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PADMAVATI: THE STORY SO FAR
- Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was allegedly assaulted yesterday by activists of a Rajput community group who also forced stoppage of shooting of his movie 'Padmavati' by vandalising the set at Jaigarh Fort, alleging that the director was "distorting facts".
- The ruckus took place when the film, in which Deepika Padukone is playing 'Padmavati' and Ranveer Singh is playing 'Alaudin Khilji', was being shot at the historic fort, eyewitnesses said.
- The activists of Karni Sena had gathered at the site and demanded stoppage of the shooting. They stormed the set and damaged some chairs and other objects, forcing stoppage of the shooting.
- Five persons, who were detained for creating nuisance on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Padmavati, have been released, police said today.
- Police had said that no FIR was lodged by Bhansali or any of the film crew members with regard to yesterday's incident.
- They were allegedly involved in creating nuisance during the shooting of the film in Jaigarh yesterday, SHO Amer Police Station Narendra Kumar said.
- "There was a protest and the issue was settled after both the parties held talks," DPC North (Jaipur) Anshuman Bhomia had said.
- After the incident, the director decided not to go ahead with the shooting in the state.
- "We had warned the filmmakers against presenting wrong facts. When we came to know about the shooting, we gathered there and protested. Besides the Karni sena activists, there were several other people who had gone there to watch the shooting. Someone from the mob slapped him and pulled his hair," district president of Karni sena Narayan Singh had claimed.
- Singh had claimed that Bhansali wants to present a "distorted fact" about Rani Padmavati which will not tolerated by the Rajput community.
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