Yesterday, the British Board of Film Certification have cleared the Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s upcoming Indian period drama movie titled ‘Padmavati‘ for the release on the original date December 1. However, the announcement was met with a swift petition in the Supreme Court to delay the release date of the movie even in abroad until such time as it will be cleared for the release in India, and there is a protest by a Britain-based Rajput group.
There are several fringe outfits that have been protesting the release of the movie by claiming that the movie distorts historical fact and its depiction of Rani Padmavati (the role essayed by the actress Deepika Padukone) may cause offense to the Rajput community. There are many states such as UP. M.P and Rajasthan and they have banned the movie until the protest will die down. However, the Central Board of Film Certification has not clear the movie. The British Board of Film Certification did not go down too well with the Rajput Samaj UK.
The group’s president, Mahendrasinh Jadeja says that they believe that it will have a great community impact. The group is seeking to stay on the release of the movie and that was considering further action which includes protests. They basically want the assurance that the movie will not be released until the decision has been made in India. However, there are several British cinemas that have already started listing the movie on their schedules and no firm dates have yet been mentioned.
Earlier, the Viacom18, the studio which is behind the big budget movie have issued the statement that they all are having a full faith that they will soon obtain the requisite clearance to the release the movie. The court will hear an advocate’s plea against the release of the movie in the foreign countries on Tuesday, November 28. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud have said that they will hear the plea on Tuesday that alleged that the makers of the movie ‘Padmavati’ that have mispresented the facts with the regards to the censor board’s approval on releasing the movie’s promo and its song.
Lawyer, M L Sharma mentioned the fresh plea for an urgent hearing has been presented and he has also alleged that the grave damage will be done to the social harmony if the movie was allowed to release outside the India. The Rajput community claims that the makers of the movie have mispresented the facts in the movie. The court had earlier dismissed the plea seeking to delete certain alleged objectionable scenes. The Central Board of Film Certification has not yet certified the movie and the apex court could not inject a statutory body from doing its duty.
On this, Viacom18 pictures say that there are having no plans to release the movie globally without the movie is being cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification. However, the movie got cleared by the UK censor board and that too without any single cut, but they are just waiting for the censor board clearance in India and till then the makers will not release the movie anywhere. The movie which was slated to release on December 1 and there are over 50 other countries that are in the process of certification.
On Thursday, Rajasthan court accepted the complaint against the filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and for an actor Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, and Shahid Kapoor and many others in regards to an ongoing controversy relating to their forthcoming movie ‘Padmavati’. However, the court has not directly sent the complaint about the registration but they asked the recording of the statement of the complainant. A complainant Bhawani Shankar Sharma said that the court of additional Cheif Metropolitan Magistrate while accepting the complaint has clearly said that they will record the statement on November 27 under the section 200of Cr.P.C.
The movie ‘Padmavati’ is an upcoming Indian period drama. The movie which is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and jointly produced by Bhansali and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. The movie features Deepika Padukone in the title role as Rani Padmini, alongside Ranveer Singh as Alauddin Khilji, Shahid Kapoor as MaharajaRawal Ratan Singh, Jim Sarbh, and Aditi Rao Hydari.