Padmaavat opens under security cover, cinegoers defy threat of violence

The show must go on. And it did on Thursday as Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much debated Padmaavat unspooled in single and multiplex screens across the country under the shadow of security......

Bikes burnt, shops vandalised in protest against Padmaavat

At least 30 motorcycles were set on fire and several other vehicles parked outside three Ahmedabad malls were damaged today by protesters opposing the release of the controversial film......

SC to hear pleas of Rajasthan, MP against Padmaavat on Tuesday

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday the pleas of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments, seeking recall of its January 18 orders allowing the screening of controversial......

Rajasthan will not screen Padmavat, even after CBFC clearance

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Monday announced that Sanjay Leela Bhansali'scontroversial film Padmavat, earlier called Padmavati, will not release in the state on......

The Many Faces of a Sanjay Leela Bhansali Heroine

Every frame is a dream unfolding before our eyes. Every emotion is akin to poetry. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's cinema believes in grand expressions of love and luxury. But at the centre of his......

'Every time I was attacked, I used my pain and suffering as an impetus to work better'

'I channelised my anxiety into making Padmaavat.''I think suffering has always been an incentive for my creativity.' IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. It has been three years since his epic......

Tandav and 7 other CONTROVERSIES

8 instances when Indian movies and Web shows were neck deep in trouble! A Muslim boy and a Hindu girl kissing in A Suitable Boy, the name of a dog in Pataal Lok, a Pakistani actor in a starring......

When movies changed its NAME!

The title of Akshay Kumar's horror comedy was changed from Laxmmi Bomb to Laxmii only a few days before its release on November 9. But this has happened many times before. Whether controversy or......