The Rajput Karni Sena on Wednesday called for a complete ban on the movie 'Padmavat', erstwhile 'Padmavati' which was renamed after CBFC's intervention and one of its conditions to provide certification, as it called cuts and modifications effected by CBFC to facilitate the release of the movie as "mockery".
Moreover, the organisation has decided to impose 'Janata Curfew' or people's curfew at cinema halls, which chose to screen the movie. In essence, the activists of the organisation would not let viewers enter cinema halls. The Sena would also approach chief minister of states, including Delhi, to impose a ban.
The Rajput organisation's head Lokendra Singh Kalvi said that no amount of cuts and "mere modifications in disclaimer and name" would suffice, and that "ban, ban, ban" was the only way out.
"The film brings disgrace to Rani Padmini and it is an attack on Rajput pride. The film presents distorted facts and threatens to shake India's cultural identity. We ask the government and CBFC, why they are silently witnessing this defamation of India's pride? Why do they feel the compulsion to release a film that hurts the sentiments of people? The compromise made between the censor board and makers of Padmavati cannot be accepted. We warn that theatres releasing the film will have to face detrimental consequences," Kalvi said.
Kalvi also said that under public pressure distributors would not come forward for the film.
Meanwhile, organisation also lambasted the CBFC and its chief Prasoon Joshi. "The CBFC is misleading us by saying that a team of historians reviewed the film while the truth is that not all of the panelists were historians and hence their suggestions cannot be comprehended. Moreover, the CBFC proposed to bring in nine historians in the panel, but ended up calling only three. This depicts their lack of seriousness towards our concerns," Kalvi added.
The organisation also claimed that concerns raised by historian KK Singh, one of the panelists for the review and who belongs to the royal family of erstwhile Mewar, had not been heeded by censor board.
"No one had a problem with say a film like Bahubali as it was set in imaginary land and carried imaginary figures. But, once you pretend to make a historical film, you cannot disregard facts. You cannot distort history," Kalvi said.
Meanwhile, while the movie release has been banned in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, Goa on Monday clarified that the movie could be release there. 'Padmavat' has been given a censor certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The state government does not have a problem to screen it in the cinema halls in Goa," Parrikar said even as he added that, in case of any law and order issue, the state would look into it. The Goa Police had expressed apprehension about the film being screened in the state during the peak tourist season. They had written a letter to the state government asking to ban the movie's screening in the state during peak tourist season.
NO PROBLEM FOR GOA
- Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said his government does not have a problem to screen it in the cinema halls in the state.
- The Goa Police had expressed apprehension about the film being screened in the state during the peak tourist season.
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