Padmavati Glorifies Barbarian Invader Alauddin Khilji & Should be Banned Pan-India: Rajput Outfit!
A Rajput outfit has called for a nationwide ban on Padmavti citing the film glorifies Alauddin Khilji. The Rajput outfit states that they will not hesitate to set ablaze cinema halls ablaze.
Unhappy
over
the
censor
board's
green
signal
to
Bollywood
film
Padmavati
with
certain
changes,
a
Rajput
outfit
today
demanded
a
total
ban
on
the
film
directed
by
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
and
threatened
to
"set
ablaze" the
cinema
halls
screening
it.
The
Rashtriya
Rajput
Karni
Sena
(RRKS)
said
the
censor
board's
nod
to
the
controversial
film
was
"unfortunate".
Talking
to
reporters,
the
Gujarat
president
of
the
outfit,
Raj
Shekhawat,
made
an
open
threat,
saying
the
RRKS
members
would
take
the
law
into
their
hands
if
the
film
was
not
banned
across
the
country.
"It
is
unfortunate
that
the
censor
board
has
decided
to
give
the
film
a
U/A
certificate
with
only
five
changes.
We
will
not
accept
this.
We
want
a
total
ban
on
the
film,
which
glorifies
the
barbarian
invader,
Alauddin
Khilji.
Just
like
Gujarat
and
some
other
states,
we
want
the
Centre
to
stop
its
release
in
the
other
parts
of
the
country
as
well,"
Shekhawat
said.
The
RRKS
is
a
splinter
group
of
the
Rajasthan-based
Rajput
Karni
Sena,
which
is
also
against
the
release
of
the
film.
Stating
that
a
few
changes
here
and
there
were
not
sufficient
when
the
entire
film
was
"distorted"
and
"not
based
on
historical
facts",
he
said,
"We
want
the
government
to
impose
a
pan-India
ban
on
the
film.
Otherwise,
we
will
take
the
law
into
our
hands
and
not
hesitate
to
set
ablaze
cinema
halls
(screening
the
film)."
According
to
Shekhawat,
a
mere
change
in
the
disclaimer
or
in
the
title
would
not
serve
any
purpose
as
the
viewers
would
eventually
believe
what
they
saw
in
the
film.
"A
panel
of
experts
had
also
said
that
there
were
too
many
flaws
(in
the
film).
(The
erstwhile)
Mewar
royal
family's
Maharaja
Arvind
Singh,
who
was
also
on
the
panel,
had
said
that
facts
were
distorted
in
the
film.
Even
then,
the
censor
board
has
taken
such
a
decision.
We
will
not
sit
quiet
if
the
film
is
released,"
he
said.
On
December
30,
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC),
headed
by
Prasoon
Joshi,
had
announced
that
Padmavati
would
be
given
a
U/A
certificate
and
suggested
that
the
director
changed
the
film's
title
to
Padmavat.
It
had
also
suggested
certain
modifications
in
the
disclaimer
of
the
film,
making
it
clear
that
it
did
not
glorify
the
practice
of
Sati,
and
relevant
changes
in
the
song,
Ghoomar,
to
befit
the
character
portrayed
in
it.
The
CBFC
had
clarified
that
the
U/A
certificate
would
be
issued
to
the
film
once
the
modifications
were
carried
out
and
the
final
material
was
submitted.
The
film
got
stuck
in
a
controversy
after
various
Rajput
groups
alleged
that
it
distorted
history,
a
claim
repeatedly
denied
by
Bhansali.
As
the
anti-Padmavati
protests
spread
across
various
states,
the
film's
December
1
release
was
deferred
as
it
did
not
have
a
clearance
from
the
censor
board.