If Rani Padmawati was alive today, she would have killed herself again…

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Ok, so let me get this straight! A filmmaker, who is the master of his craft, painstakingly makes a period saga and an epic. He puts his blood and soul in this!

He ropes in two of the best actors in the country right now, Ranveer and Deepika, to play two most important characters.

Ranveer plays Alauddin Khilji and Deepika plays Rani Padmawati…

The movie is still not out… No one has seen it…

But a group of fringe elements decides already that they are the sole protectors of the Rajput History!

So, without seeing a single frame of the movie, they decide that it is distortion of facts and stage protests against it.

Now I understand being protective of your culture. But being “ANTARYAAMI”… That’s another level altogether.

How on earth does the KARNI SENA know that Bhansali has distorted facts?

What facts are they referring to that they feel have been distorted?

What is it that these people are trying to protect or hide?

I wanted to know more about this so I went to the best source… Wikipedia! Here is what Wikipedia says:

“Padmini, also known as Padmavati, was a legendary 13th-14th century Indian queen (Rani). The earliest source to mention her is Padmavat, an epic fictionalized poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540 CE. The text, which features elements of fantasy, describes her story as follows: Padmavati was an exceptionally beautiful princess of the Singhal kingdom (Sri Lanka). Ratan Sen, the Rajput ruler of Chittor, heard about her beauty from a talking parrotnamed Hiraman. After an adventurous quest, he won her hand in marriage and brought her to Chittor. Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi also heard about her beauty, and laid siege to Chittor to obtain her. Many events occurred during the period of the Siege, till the Fort was finally taken. Meanwhile, Ratan Sen was killed in a duel with Devpal, the king of Kumbhalner who was also enamoured with Padmavati's beauty. Before Alauddin Khalji could capture Chittor, Padmavati and her companions committed Jauhar (self-immolation) to protect their honour. After her sacrifice, the Rajput men died fighting on the battlefield.

Several subsequent adaptions of the legend characterised her as a Hindu Rajput queen, who defended her honour against a Muslim invader. Over the years, she came to be seen as a historical figure, and appeared in several novels, plays, television serials and movies. However, while Alauddin Khalji's siege of Chittor in 1303 CE is a historical event, the legend of Padmini has little historical evidence and most modern historians have rejected its authenticity.”

Now for a moment, let’s forget the argument if Padmawati was for real or fictional.

Lets only remember what she died for according to the legend…

She died to protect her and her fellow women’s honor.

And what does her so called group of followers do? Threaten the lead actress with beheading, nose cutting, immolation?

Does this sound like something Padmawati would approve of?

The entire premise of this so called protest is flawed!!

Now, Bhansali has shown the movie to some people… And some strong minded people.

Here is what some of them have to say about the movie:

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Arnab Goswami, known for his fierce style and vocal anchoring (sometimes yelling) back Padmawati. He said “Padmawati is the greatest tribute to Rajput pride. There is not even a nano second of vulgarity. Ranveer and Deepika do not share screen even for a second. This Karni Sena will be left looking utterly foolish once the movie hits the box office,” he said, adding that the violent protesters will look like clowns and vandals. The BJP should really reconsider the prospect of embarrassing themselves by joining the Karni Sena side”

To second him was Rajat Sharma, the evergreen host of Aap ki adalat. He said “After watching the entire film, I can emphatically say that there is not a single dialogue, not a single scene, not a single sequence that can be said to go against the proud history of the Rajputs of Rajasthan.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has directed the film after conducting full research. While filming the scenes and sequences, he has kept in mind the need to respect the Rajput traditions and etiquettes. There has been no distortion of history in the entire film. I sincerely feel that the valour of Maharaja Rawal Ratan Singh, the strategic mind of Queen Padmavati, their bravery and sacrifice have been correctly portrayed in Bhansali’s film.

I understand the feelings of people who have been hurt by this film, but their anger is merely based on hearsay. I will humply appeal to all my Rajput brothers and sisters to watch this film at least once and then decide. They will certainly feel that this film has correctly portrayed the Rajputs in a positive light. Every child in this great country will feel proud on watching the sacrifice of Rani Padmavati and Rawal Ratan Singh.

I can also say that after watching this film, people will definitely feel that they have been unfair to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapur and all those who have been associated with this film.”

But yet, these senas continue to spew venom under the guise of religion and culture.

People are offering bounties equal to 5cr for the chopped heads of Bhansali and Deepika.

Some said they will chop off Deepika’s nose!

Some said they will burn her alive…

The BJP chief from Rajasthan doubled the bounties for the heads to 10Cr and also said that the one who does it, his family will also be taken care of!

What is shocking is the two entities who should now be speaking are now completely mum.

It’s appalling to see the Information and Broadcasting minister, Mrs. Smriti Irani hasn’t spoken a word. Is she still undergoing training for the new role? Should she be ensuring the makers that she will ensure the movie releases with due respect? She belongs to this industry for god sakes…

The second one being the government on the whole.

So we have all the time in the world to arrest kids posting things about the PM on social media websites and personal whatsapp/FB chats, but we completely ignore these so called adults threatening the countries known celebrities in broad day light, with full press coverage?

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Where is the police now?

Seriously, are we really that stupid?

Can’t we see already what we are being led to believe?

I am sure if Rani Padmawati was alive today, she would have killed herself again, to protect the honor of not only women but also humans on the whole.

Its just sad to see that we as a society are moving to the old days, which our ancestors gave their lives to crawl out of.

Let’s hope someone acts and we get to see the movie. I am sure Bhansali as usual won’t disappoint.

Ciao