Karni Sena refuses Bhansali's invitation to watch Padmaavat

The Shree Rajput Karni Sena, a fringe organisation protesting against Padmaavat claimed on Saturday that it had received an invitation from Bhansali productions to watch the movie. The......

Gujarat CM says won't screen Padmavati, movie 'hurts sentiments'

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani said on Wednesday that his government would not allow the release of Bollywood movie Padmavati in the state as it hurts sentiments of the Rajput community.......

Padmavati row: Mumbai Police increase Deepika's security after threats

The Mumbai Police on Thursday beefed up the security of actor Deepika Padukone after Shri Rajput Karni Sena warned of physical harm in case she did not refrain from “inciting public......

Make Padmavati with some other name: Rajput outfits to Bhansali

In a new turn of events, Rajput groups protesting against Padmavati on Monday asked for a change in the title and a review before its release even as Bhansali Productions made it clear there is no......

'Bhansali can't get away with showing anything he wants'

'These people from Mumbai just understand the language of either silver, or shoes,' Lokendra Singh Kalvi, founder patron of the Shree Rajput Karni Sena, tells Dhruv Munjal.Illustration: Uttam......

'Emperor Akbar was Jodha's father-in-law'

A former minister in the Chandrashekhar government in the early 1990s, Lokendra Singh Kalvi, 54,has a new agenda. He has now taken up the issue of the distortion of history in Ashutosh Gowarikar's......

Did Jodhabai really exist?

Even as director Ashutosh Gowarikar is all set to release his film, Jodhaa Akbar, controversies dog the leading character. It is claimed by some historians that Jodha was not Akbar's wife, as is......

What does the government have against Nude and S Durga?

Every time a filmmaker wishes to explore history or religion on his or her terms, self-appointed experts and limelight-seeking zealots swoop in to protest. Extreme prejudices are formed without......