"Padmavati" director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been asked by a parliamentary panel to attend its meeting in the Capital today to explain his point of view amid several states saying they will not allow screening of his film. Prasoon Joshi, who heads the country's censor board, has also been asked to attend the meeting.
A notice calling for the meeting in parliament house makes no mention of the filmmaker, but BJP lawmaker Anurag Thakur, who heads the panel, told NDTV that both Mr Bhansali and Mr Joshi are expected to attend the meeting at 3 pm.
The notice for the meeting of the parliamentary committee on Information Technology says officials of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry will also brief panel members on challenges the department faces.
Among members of the parliamentary panel are Bollywood actors-turned-lawmakers Paresh Rawal of the BJP, and the Congress' Raj Babbar.
Earlier in the day, the censor board chief also appeared before the Lok Sabha Committee on Petitions to brief members about the controversy over "Padmavati" and said the film had not yet been approved and the board only cleared the trailer and promos of the period film, reported news agency PTI, citing sources.
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