Padmaavat: Fringe Outfit Announces Bounty On Deepika Padukone’s Nose
A day before the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial film Padmaavat, an outfit in Kanpur announced a cash reward for anyone chopping off actor Deepika Padukone’s nose.
In
a
shocking
development
a
day
before
the
release
of
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
controversial
film
Padmaavat,
an
outfit
here
announced
a
cash
reward
for
anyone
chopping
off
actor
Deepika
Padukone's
nose.
"We
have
collected
a
bounty
of
crores
of
rupees
from
Kanpurites
to
be
given
as
reward
to
anyone
who
will
bring
the
chopped
off
nose
of
Deepika
Padukone," Kanpur
Kshatriya
Mahasabha
president
Gajendra
Singh
Rajawat
told
PTI.
Earlier,
a
Meerut
resident
from
the
Kshatriya
community
had
announced
a
bounty
of
Rs
5
crore
on
the
heads
of
film
director
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
actor
Deepika
Padukone
for
allegedly
"wrongfully
portraying"
queen
Padmini
in
the
film
Padmavati.
Earlier
in
the
day
today,
Kanpur
Kshatriya
Mahasabha
activists
staged
a
dharna
at
Shikshak
Park
here
seeking
a
ban
on
the
movie
and
warned
the
district
administration
and
police
to
be
ready
to
face
massive
protests
across
the
city
if
the
controversial
film
"which
has
twisted
the
facts"
was
allowed
to
be
screened
in
the
city.
They
also
threatened
theatre
owners
that
their
property
would
be
vandalised.
As
news
about
the
protest
at
Shikshak
Park
reached
senior
officials,
a
heavy
police
contingent
rushed
there
to
ensure
that
law
and
order
was
not
disturbed.
To
prevent
any
untoward
incident,
security
has
been
beefed
up
in
and
around
all
the
malls
and
cinema
halls,
Senior
Superintendent
of
Police,
Akhilesh
Kumar
said.
PTI