Salman Khan On Padmavati: Respect The Verdict Of The Censor Board; It's NOT FAIR To Comment On A Film Without Seeing It
Salman Khan, who worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali earlier in his career, has come out in support of Padmavati...
Salman Khan, who worked last with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999),
has expressed his views on the director’s magnum opus
Padmavati.
In a recent
interview at a summit, the superstar commented on the controversies surrounding
the historical drama where he said, "No one gains from a controversy
around a film, and only leads to loss. The film gets delayed, people panic and
refrain from going to theatres. In fact, theatre owners also get scared that
the screening of the film might lead to protest outside their cinema halls.”
“I don't think it's fair to hurt anyone's sentiments or to comment on a film
without seeing it first,” added Salman,.
He was speaking at a session of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.
Talking further about the issue around Padmavati, Salman said: "In this
case, there are so many developments, we don't know what is right and what is
wrong. Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) and Supreme Court need to
take a decision. We will respect the decision that CBFC takes as it is a
government body."
The whole nation knows that Padmavati has fallen prey to innumerous controversies
since its inception. Just yesterday, SLB met with the Parliamentary panel to
discuss about the film where some panel members expressed their opposition to
the trailer and said it should be banned along with the film. However, Prasoon
Joshi told the panel that he had not seen the film as yet. When some members
asked how the film had reached the UK when it had not been approved in India,
the CBFC chief said it was an independent process. "How could you assume
that the movie could be released on December 1 when you applied to the CBFC on
November 11. As per the cinematography act, the CBFC may take 68 days before
certifying a movie," the parliamentary panel asked Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
According to PTI, “The committee also told Sanjay Leela Bhansali that his
movies tend to target communities which produced tension between them.They
asked if the creating a controversy was a new trend to sell the movie?”
A few days back
this controversy took a deadly turn when a Jaipur youth was found hanging at
the Nahargarh Fort with a threat note.
As of last week, the Indian Films and TV Directors’ Association (IFTDA), along
with 19 other bodies of the film and television industry from across the
country stopped shooting for 15 minutes as a mark of protecting the right to
freedom of expression of those in the creative field.
While the entire
industry is standing with SLB in this fight for Padmavati, the film’s future
still looks uncertain. For now, the release date has been pushed to 2018 as
SpotboyE.com told you exclusively that the Deepika-Ranveer-Shahid starrer may
hit the screens on February 14, 2018.
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