Hearing a petition filed by a lawyer ML Sharma, the Supreme Court has refused to stay the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati. Since the CBFC is yet to clear the film, the top court said it will amount to 'prejudgement' if the release is stalled now.
Earlier today, lashing out at Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Ms Azmi in a press statement said
Ms Raje was 'sitting pretty' on the issue. Filmmaker Shyam Benegal questioned the CBFC on its decision to send back the film and
termed its actions as 'suspicious'.
In light of increasing protests, Viacom18, the producers of Padmavati have deferred the film's release. The film was slated to be released on December 1.
Here are the highlights of the deferral of Padmavati's release:
Nov 21, 2017 00:09 (IST)
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje says won't allow Padmavati to run without necessary changes
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said that Padmavati will not be allowed to run in Rajasthan without the necessary changes.
She said the state's primary responsibility is to maintain law and order.
She had suggested that the film be vetted by a committee of historians and people from the community.
Nov 20, 2017 17:56 (IST)
According to a report by news agency IANS, senior National Conference leader and MLA Devender Rana has urged Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to ban the release of 'Padmavati' in Jammu and Kashmir, whenever it gets the go-ahead from CBFC.
Nov 20, 2017 16:46 (IST)
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urges Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar to act against protesters who have threatened Deepika Padukone, reported news agency PTI. Mr Siddaramaiah has also said that security will be beefed up for Deepika PAdukone and her family in Bengaluru.
Nov 20, 2017 12:26 (IST)
Based on an epic poem by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, the film tells the story of Padmavati, the queen of the Rajput warrior clan who set herself of fire to avoid being taken captive by Mughal conqueror AlauDDin Khilji, who was infatuated with her beauty.
Nov 20, 2017 12:25 (IST)
The BJP's Anil jain, a senior leader from Haryana, said that though the ruling party is not in favour of the film being released, it does not support the sort of threat issued by Suraj Pal.