Padmavati Row

Deepika Padukone wore the same silk sari for the HT Style awards as she wore for her friend's wedding last year

After the top court's unequivocal order yesterday rejecting the final attempts by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to ban the film 'Padmaavat'', protests against the release of the movie turned violent. Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra stressed "People can't come and say law and order problems, ban the movie. Let us not come to a state where the exhi...

The release date of Padmavati - with some cuts and a change in title -- finalized, film-maker Anurag Kashyap today let loose another volley of acerbic comments that took apart those who started the row. History, he said, should be "drafted" like the Constitution by those who object to other versions of it.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Padmavati', which has been at the centre of a huge controversy, will get a U/A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification, popularly called the censor board. The board has suggested five modifications to the film including a change in the title to 'Padmavat' - and will issue the certificate once the modif...

The censor board asked the erstwhile Mewar royal family to join a panel to help certify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati", which had angered Rajput community leaders for allegedly portraying the queen in a 'bad light', a member of the family said today.

"I don't believe in that philosophy. It reflects badly on us when things like this happen," said Aamir Khan

A man found hanging at Jaipur's famous Nahargarh fort last month at the height of an uproar over the film "Padmavati" was not murdered, a forensic report has said. A message scribbled on a stone nearby read '"Padmavati' ka virodh (in opposition to 'Padmavati')", capping a series of violent threats from right-wing groups to the cast and crew of the ...

With multiple death threats issued against Padmavati actress Deepika Padukone and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film fraternity stands united and asks, 'Will violence give an answer?'

"Padmavati" director Sanjay Leela Bhansali told a parliamentary panel today that he had not distorted history in the film and he had promised to screen the movie before some royals of Rajasthan because he wished to avoid a row, sources said.

Padmavati director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been asked by a parliamentary panel to attend its meeting in the Capital today to explain his point of view amid several states saying they will not allow screening of his film. Prasoon Joshi, who heads the country's censor board, has also been asked to attend the meeting.

"Padmavati" director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and censor board chief Prasoon Joshi have been asked by a parliamentary committee on IT to appear before it and present their views on the controversy surrounding the movie which has been accused of distorting history by fringe groups.

Kapil Sharma said: "I think everyone must have felt that it (threats) was wrong"

Over 300 people, including 20 women, were detained and later released in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh today during a protest against Bollywood film 'Padmavati', which is mired in a major controversy.

Haryana BJP leader Suraj Pal Amu on Saturday targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after she allowed the release of the film in her state.

Actor Kamal Haasan today said that people are being "oversensitive" about release of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film "Padmavati" which is facing nation-wide protests.

Deepika Padukone wore the same silk sari for the HT Style awards as she wore for her friend's wedding last year

After the top court's unequivocal order yesterday rejecting the final attempts by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to ban the film 'Padmaavat'', protests against the release of the movie turned violent. Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra stressed "People can't come and say law and order problems, ban the movie. Let us not come to a state where the exhi...

The release date of Padmavati - with some cuts and a change in title -- finalized, film-maker Anurag Kashyap today let loose another volley of acerbic comments that took apart those who started the row. History, he said, should be "drafted" like the Constitution by those who object to other versions of it.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Padmavati', which has been at the centre of a huge controversy, will get a U/A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification, popularly called the censor board. The board has suggested five modifications to the film including a change in the title to 'Padmavat' - and will issue the certificate once the modif...

The censor board asked the erstwhile Mewar royal family to join a panel to help certify Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati", which had angered Rajput community leaders for allegedly portraying the queen in a 'bad light', a member of the family said today.

"I don't believe in that philosophy. It reflects badly on us when things like this happen," said Aamir Khan

A man found hanging at Jaipur's famous Nahargarh fort last month at the height of an uproar over the film "Padmavati" was not murdered, a forensic report has said. A message scribbled on a stone nearby read '"Padmavati' ka virodh (in opposition to 'Padmavati')", capping a series of violent threats from right-wing groups to the cast and crew of the ...

With multiple death threats issued against Padmavati actress Deepika Padukone and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the film fraternity stands united and asks, 'Will violence give an answer?'

"Padmavati" director Sanjay Leela Bhansali told a parliamentary panel today that he had not distorted history in the film and he had promised to screen the movie before some royals of Rajasthan because he wished to avoid a row, sources said.

Padmavati director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been asked by a parliamentary panel to attend its meeting in the Capital today to explain his point of view amid several states saying they will not allow screening of his film. Prasoon Joshi, who heads the country's censor board, has also been asked to attend the meeting.

"Padmavati" director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and censor board chief Prasoon Joshi have been asked by a parliamentary committee on IT to appear before it and present their views on the controversy surrounding the movie which has been accused of distorting history by fringe groups.

Kapil Sharma said: "I think everyone must have felt that it (threats) was wrong"

Over 300 people, including 20 women, were detained and later released in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh today during a protest against Bollywood film 'Padmavati', which is mired in a major controversy.

Haryana BJP leader Suraj Pal Amu on Saturday targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after she allowed the release of the film in her state.

Actor Kamal Haasan today said that people are being "oversensitive" about release of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film "Padmavati" which is facing nation-wide protests.