Deepika Padukone Starrer 'Padmavat' Will Not Be Released In Rajasthan: CM Vasundhara Raje
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje announced that Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial film "Padmavati", retitled "Padmavat", will not release in the state on January 25.
Padmavat:
Deepika
Padukone
starrer
will
not
be
released
in
Rajasthan:
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Kataria
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Rajasthan
Chief
Minister
Vasundhara
Raje
today
announced
that
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
controversial
film
"Padmavati",
retitled
"Padmavat",
will
not
release
in
the
state
on
January
25.
Honouring
the
sentiments
of
the
people
of
the
state,
the
film
will
not
be
released
in
Rajasthan,
she
said
in
a
statement
here.
Following
the
announcement,
state
Home
Minister
Gulab
Chand
Kataria,
the
Rajasthan
BJP
chief
and
several
Rajput
organisations
spoke
out
against
the
movie.
"The
sacrifice
of
Rani
Padmini
is
a
matter
of
pride
for
the
state
and
she
is
not
just
a
chapter
of
history
for
us,"
Raje
said.
The
film,
mired
in
controversy
over
its
plot
line,
has
been
cleared
by
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC),
which
has
asked
its
makers
to
change
the
title
and
suggested
other
modifications.
Though
Viacom
18
Motion
Pictures
and
Bhansali
have
not
released
an
official
statement
yet,
sources
in
the
production
house
said
the
film
will
release
on
January
25,
a
day
before
Republic
Day.
The
period
romance
that
features
Shahid
Kapoor,
Ranveer
Singh
and
Deepika
Padukone
in
lead
roles
was
earlier
scheduled
to
be
released
on
December
1.
"Rani
Padmini
is
our
self-respect
and
we
will
not
let
it
hurt
in
any
case.
Directions
in
this
regard
have
been
given
to
Rajasthan
Home
minister,"
she
said.
The
chief
minister
has
already
written
to
the
Centre
on
the
issues
related
to
the
film
and
it
will
not
be
released
in
Rajasthan,
Kataria
told
reporters.
BJP
state
president
Ashok
Parnami
said
that
if
the
film
has
some
controversial
scenes,
then
it
will
not
be
tolerated
and
protests
will
continue.
There
will
be
agitations
if
the
history
of
Rajasthan
is
distorted
in
the
movie,
he
said
Outfits
representing
the
Rajput
community
held
a
combined
press
conference
at
the
Rajput
Sabha
Bhawan
here.
President
of
the
Shree
Rajput
Sabha,
Giriraj
Singh
Lotwara,
said
that
it
was
unfortunate
that
the
censor
board
wanted
to
favour
the
producers
instead
of
considering
recommendations
of
the
panel
that
reviewed
the
movie.
The
CBFC
had
appointed
a
special
panel
to
review
the
film
as
many
Rajput
organisations
were
up
in
arms
against
the
portrayal
of
queen
Padmini
in
the
film
even
though
historians
are
divide
on
whether
she
actually
existed.
"We
will
give
a
reply
to
the
BJP
in
the
bypolls
(in
the
Ajmer
and
Alwar
Lok
Sabha
seats
and
the
Mandalgarh
Assembly)
scheduled
in
the
state.
It
will
be
our
target
to
have
the
BJP
defeated,"
Lotwara
said
at
the
press
conference.
The
BJP-led
state
government
was
trying
to
crush
Rajputs.
Changing
the
name
of
the
film
cannot
change
the
facts,
president
of
Rashtriya
Rajput
Karni
Sena
Sukhdev
Singh
Gogamedi
said.
"We
will
not
let
the
film
release
in
the
country.
We
have
been
protesting
peacefully
for
the
last
one
year.
If
the
film
is
released
on
January
25,
then
theatres
will
burn,"
he
said.
Shree
Rajput
Karni
Sena
Mahipal
chief
Singh
Makrana
said
that
till
now,
protests
have
been
organised
keeping
law
and
order
in
mind.
In
November,
Raje
wrote
to
the
Centre,
saying
that
the
film
would
not
be
released
in
Rajasthan,
unless
the
suggestions
given
by
her
to
the
Union
Information
and
Broadcasting
minister
were
considered.