Disgusted Bhansali Cancels Jaipur Shoot, Team Padmavati To Return To Mumbai

Well yes, that’s the latest update on this burning topic of the hour. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has decided to cancel the Jaipur shoot and asked the crew to head back to Mumbai.

The step was an obvious one as the ace filmmaker must be under the shock of what happened yesterday on his film Padmavati’s set in Jaipur.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali was suddenly attacked by a violent mob, screaming slogans of “Karni Sena”, while he was shooting Padmavati in Jaipur.

The Padmavati crew had erected a huge set at Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur, where a number of important scenes of the film were to be shot. The stage was set and the cameras were ready to roll. However, the moment Karni Sena activists got a whiff of the matter, they landed on the set and began damaging it. Reason? Distortion of historical facts, they say. While his team tried to protect SLB, a blow landed straight on the cowering, unarmed, filmmaker.

Entire Bollywood is condemning this horrific incident. While celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Mahesh Bhatt, Karan Johar have resorted to social media to express their anger, Sonam Kapoor just put out an Instagram post of an old tweet of PM Modi where he has spoken about art having no boundaries, and said it’s a gentle reminder for him to stand up for the industry now.

With Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s decision to stall the shoot and leave Jaipur immediately, all we can say is it’s better to be safe than sorry. Anyways, where is the room for creativity to flow in an environment as disgusting as that?


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