Unless you live under a rock you have to be quite aware of all the controversies surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus 'Padmavati'. In a shocking turn of events, the protests against 'Padmavati' took a deadly turn on Friday when a dead body was found hanging in Rajasthan’s Nahargarh Fort, 20 km near Jaipur, with slogans against the movie scrawled on stones nearby.
One of the slogans read "'Padmavati' ka virodh (Opposing 'Padmavati')", while another read "Hum putle nahi jalate, latkate hain" (we don’t burn effigies, we kill). Officers from the Brahmapuri Police Station were investigating at the spot. Until now it is not clear whether this was a suicide or a murder. The identity of the deceased has yet to be ascertained.
An active member of the Karni Sena, Mahipal Singh Makrana, who has been a part of the protests against 'Padmavati' said his outfit did not have anything to do with the latest development. “This is not our way of protest. I want to tell people not to resort to such methods,” Mahipal said.
The movie stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in the lead, and was earlier slated to release on December 1. We wonder what other shocks this film has in store for us. Stay tuned for more updates.
