Update On Padmavati Row: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Is Open To Screen The Film To Quell The Doubts
Makers of Padmavati has said they were ready to screen the film for those who had doubts about its content once the film was passed by the censor board.
Makers
of
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
"Padmavati" today
said
they
were
ready
to
screen
the
film
for
those
who
had
doubts
about
its
content
once
the
film
was
passed
by
the
censor
board.
Ajit
Andhare,
Chief
Operating
Officer,
Viacom18
Motion
Pictures,
said
the
claims
that
film
was
a
distortion
of
history
were
not
true
and
they
were
open
to
screening
the
film
after
it
was
cleared
by
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC).
"We
are
first
looking
at
the
Censor
Board
(for
clearance)
and
then
we
don't
have
a
problem
(to
show
the
film)
because
they
are
imagining
something
different
and
we
would
like
to
quell
all
these
doubts
first.
But
ideally
we
want
to
get
the
certificate
first," Andhare
told
PTI.
He
said
the
filmmakers
had
received
some
representations.
"We
do
not
have
a
problem
(in
screening
the
film)
please
realise
this
is
unprecedented,
this
is
not
how
it
is
supposed
to
be
done.
What
they
(certain
sections
of
people)
are
saying
is
not
in
the
film,
we
do
not
have
anything
to
hide," he
added.
He
said
they
did
not
want
the
film
to
get
stuck
in
any
further
controversy
and
were
waiting
to
hear
from
the
CBFC.
"We
are
going
to
this
length
as
we
want
to
quell
the
controversy;
it
is
a
needless
controversy.
The
film
doesn't
need
it.
The
film
has
its
own
merit
and
we
just
want
that
the
censor
board
gives
us
a
screening
date
so
that
we
can
take
it
ahead.
The
ball
is
in
the
censor's
court," he
said.
The
film
was
submitted
to
the
CBFC
last
week.
"Bhansali
Production
applied
online
last
Friday.
We
are
waiting
to
hear
from
the
board
for
the
screening.
That
is
our
first
priority.
"I
am
not
foreseeing
any
problem.
No
film
in
the
history
of
censor
board
has
got
delayed,
I
have
no
reason
to
believe
the
film
will
be
delayed.
We
have
nothing
to
worry
(about)," he
said.
"Padmavati"
is
scheduled
to
be
released
on
December
1.