Makers, protesters both at fault: Manoj Kumar on 'Padmavati'
3 Dec 2017 2:40 PM GMT
Mumbai: Labelling the whole drama surrounding Padmavati as "nonsense", veteran actor Manoj Kumar says both the makers and the protesters are at fault. The actor blamed the two parties for mishandling the situation.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati has been mired in controversy after several Rajput groups alleged that history has been "distorted" in the movie. Chief ministers of BJP- ruled states such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat have called for a ban on the period drama.
Bhansali has claimed there is no "distortion" of history in the entire film. Both, Bhansali and leading lady Deepika Padukone have received death threats for being associated with the film.
In an interview, Kumar says, "I will blame both the sides. This is nonsense. If the Rajputs feel something is wrong, they should have written to the makers that before releasing the film, kindly show it to us."
"The producers should have written to them after their objection, that come and see the film and finish the matter in one hour. This is washing dirty linen in public. To some extent even the media is also to be blamed."
Various Rajput groups have accused Bhansali of filming a romantic dream sequence between Rajput queen Padmini (Deepika) and Sultan Alauddin Khilji (Ranveer Singh), a claim repeatedly denied by the filmmaker. Kumar, who wrote and starred in historical-period drama, Shaheed, on the life of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, believes one can take liberty while making a film based on history only when it does not tamper with the facts.
Kumar says to avoid the censor troubles, guidelines of who is going to censor films and whether they understand the "language of cinema and the background" needs to be clear.
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