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It's official: 'Padmavat' to finally hit screens on Jan 25

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The movie, starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, is all set to clash with Akshay Kumar-starrer PadMan LATEST NEWS : Confirmed! Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial film, which has now been renamed to ' Padmavat ', will finally hit the big screens on January 25. The movie, starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, is all set to clash with Akshay Kumar-starrer 'PadMan'. Film critic Taran Adarsh made the announcement on the social media as he tweeted, "#Padmavat to release on 25 Jan 2018... #RepublicDayWeekend". The flick, based on the legend of Rani Padmini, a Hindu Rajput queen, mentioned in Padmavat, an Avadhi poem written by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540, has been facing protests from various groups, including Shri Rajput Karni Sena, for allegedly tampering with historical facts. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) suggested few modifications in the controversial movie...

How Bhansali's 'Padmavati' made way for Amitabh Bachchan's 'Deewar

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Originally scheduled to be released today, the film still remains embroiled in controversy. So we watched Deewar instead LATEST NEWS : On Thursday, a parliamentary panel summoned Padmavati director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Central Board of Film Certification chief Prasoon Joshi to discuss the ongoing controversy over the film. The members of Parliament — with seemingly little to do after the postponement of the winter session — grilled the hapless director over whether he had distorted history and if he had fuelled the controversies to promote his film. Already, chief ministers of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar have declared that they will not allow it to be released in their respective states, earning a rap on their wrists from the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Originally scheduled to be released today (Friday), the future of the film now hangs in uncertainty. Last week, inspired by the claims of some Rajput groups that the 13th-century queen, Padmini, was like t...

Body with note 'Padmavati ka virodh' found hanging at Jaipur fort

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One of the message written on fort wall adjacent to the body read - Hum putle nahin jalate....latkate hain (we don't burn effigies, we hang them) LATEST NEWS :  The body of a 40-year-old man was found hanging from the outer walls of Nahargarh Fort here on Friday morning, with the message " 'Padmavati' ka virodh" - in protest against the film "Padmavati". The message, written on the stones near the fort wall adjacent to the body, read, "Hum putle nahin jalate....latkate hain" (we don't burn effigies, we hang them). "It is early to comment on it as the matter is under investigation. The identity of the man, around 40-years-old, is yet to be ascertained," Satyendra Singh, DCP Jaipur (North), told IANS. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati" has been mired in controversies since its shooting started. Activists of the Karni Sena, a Rajput community, besides other groups have been protesting against the...