Ace filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who was shooting in Rajasthan for his upcoming film 'Padmavati' starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor in the lead has been attacked and beaten up by the Karni Sena of Rajasthan. The members of Karni Sena misbehaved with Bhansali and the other crew members for distorting history by making this film. They even damaged the property and equipments on the sets and forced him to immediately stop shooting the film.
Many Bollywood celebs came out in support of Bhansali and expressed their opinions on Twitter. Here are some of the tweets of the celebs.
Anurag Kashyap- "Can once the whole film industry come together and take a stand, and refuse to be a pony that all bullshit and bullshitters ride on??"
"At the same time Shame on you Karni Sena, you make me feel ashamed to be a Rajput.. bloody spineless cowards .."
Ranveer Singh- "As a team, we are making 'Padmavati' keeping in mind the sensitivities and emotions of the people of Rajasthan and the Rajput community."
"Sanjay Sir is one of the most accomplished & authentic filmmakers we have in India, & he wont ever do anything to hurt anyones feelings."
"Whats happened is very unfortunate. We hope the people of Rajasthan will understand & empathise with our intentions & give us their support."
Shahid Kapoor- "Very very sad. Words do fall short and feel too little to express feelings. Violence is unacceptable. This incident has shocked me."
"We need to look deep within as a society, as a country, as a people. Where are we headed."
"Sanjay bhansali is a film maker who the country should be proud of. You will know when u see #padmavati the dignity he brings to it."
Alia Bhatt- "What happened on the sets of Padmavati is ridiculous. There is such a thing as creative freedom and cinematic license."
"Artists (or anyone!) can not be at the mercy of goons."
Karan Johar- "Am appalled at what has happened with Sanjay Bhansali....this is the time for all us as an industry to stand by our people and fraternity!!"
Farhan Akhtar- "My fellow film folk, if we do not unite now against these recurring incidents of bullying, it's going to get much worse. #IstandbySLB."
"If u don't like what he's making, don't watch his film. What's with the violence?? Apart from a vulgar display of self righteousness.."
"I'm waiting to see how many people are punished for what they've done to #SanjayLeelaBhansali & his crew. There's enough evidence."
After the incident a statement has been issued on behalf of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The statement reads- "Sanjay Leela Bhansali has shot two films in Jaipur and despite his love for Rajasthan, for the safety of his crew, we have decided to leave the city post the shocking incident where miscreants damaged property and misbehaved with the crew on the shoot of 'Padmavati. SLB had directed the opera 'Padmavati' to packed houses in Paris and earned worldwide praise for it. He was inspired by the beautiful and courageous queen and is making a feature film on the story."
"We clarify that there is no dream sequence or any objectionable scene between Rani Padmavati and Allauddin Khilji. We have been carefully researching and making the film... The attack on the shoot and crew was uncalled for and was extremely damaging to the image of the beautiful city of Jaipur."
"We are confident that Mewar will be proud of the film made on their revered queen. We do not want to hurt any sentiments and would appreciate if the local people support us in making this film and making their queen revered by the world."