Bhansali calls off Padmavati Shoot,

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sanjay-leela-bhansali-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sanjay-leela-bhansali-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">A day after he and his team was assaulted by </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Rajput-Karni-Sena" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bhansali-calls-off-shoot-5-held-for-vandalism-freed/articleshow/56842899.cms" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; text-decoration: none;">Rajput Karni Sena</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> for allegedly distorting historical facts, national award-winning director </span><a class="key_underline" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Sanjay-Leela-Bhansali" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bhansali-calls-off-shoot-5-held-for-vandalism-freed/articleshow/56842899.cms" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; opacity: 0.8; text-decoration: none;">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> cancelled the shooting of his upcoming movie 'Padmavati' in Jaipur on Saturday.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;">Strongly condemning the vandalism and assault, Bhansali said the incident was "uncalled for" and extremely damaging to the image of the beautiful city. In a statement, Bhansali said that keeping in mind the safety of the film's crew he had decided to stop the shooting of the film post the "shocking" incident.</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> "... for the safety of his crew, we have decided to stop the shoot and leave the city post the shocking incident where miscreants damaged property and misbehaved with the crew on the shoot of 'Padmavati'," the statement read.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> Refuting claims of the fringe group that the film will feature an intimate scene between Alauddin Khiji, played by Ranveer Singh and Rani Padmavati (Deepika Padukone), Bhansali said that there is no such sequence.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> "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. In spite of this, the attack on the shoot and crew was uncalled for and was extremely damaging to the image of the beautiful city of Jaipur."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </span></span></div>

Bhansali calls off Padmavati Shoot,

A day after he and his team was assaulted by  Rajput Karni Sena  for allegedly distorting historical facts, national award-winning dir...

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