Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been summoned to the Parliament Committee. He has been ordered to appear on November 30. In fact, Chittaurgarh MP CP Joshi had appealed in the petition committee on November 20 that history has been misrepresented in 'Padmavati', after which the petition committee has issued a notice to Sanjay Leela Bhansali taking cognizance of the petition.
A Lok Sabha committee has asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to submit report on the controversy surrounding filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film ‘Padmavati’. They have sought the report by November 30. Officials from the CBFC and the I&B Ministry will also appear before the Parliamentary panel in this regard.
The makers of the film had sought expedition of certification process, owing to the protests and politics over Padmavati, but the request was turned down by the Censor Board, which maintained that it would the chronological order as per the list of films pending before it.
The film was initially slated to release on December 1
st. Due to the film is being surrounded by controversy; it’s unlikely to hit the theatres this year.
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