Aparna Sen condemns attack on 'Padmavati' set: 'It's shameful'

Director Aparna Sen has today condemned the vandalism on the set of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film "Padmavati" in Kolhapur by calling it "shameful".

Around 20 unidentified people torched the costumes and the animal feed kept there for the horses featuring in the period drama yesterday.

Bhansali had faced a similar problem in January when members of Rajput Karni Sena disrupted the shooting in Jaipur and allegedly misbehaved with him.

"I think it's shameful that a director's freedom of expression is being curbed in this manner. Who are these so called moral guardians of Hinduism?," Sen told

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