IT city Bengaluru witnessed a protest on Wednesday against Deepika Padukone starrer Padmavati. Members of various Rajput organisations led by Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena staged a ‘Swabhiman Padyatra’ to protest against Padmavati for allegedly attempting to distort history.
Many right wing organisations have also joined the protest march taken out from Town Hall to Freedom Park in the city. Tartara Mutt Seer Pratap Puriji from Rajasthan besides Karni Sena President Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi led the protest against the film which is witnessing widespread protests across the country. Bengaluru has quite a large number of Rajastani Population and the protest condemned director Sanjay leela Bansali for distorting history on Padmavati.
leaders who addressed the rally said the film, directed and produced by Sanjay leela Bhansali was an attempt to tarnish the rich heritage and culture of the erstwhile Rajputana.
Sati Padmavati on whose life the movie is based, is revered as goddess in many parts of Rajasthan. Queen of Chittorgarh, Padmavati had made supreme sacrifice along with 16,000 other women for dignity and honour. Any malice attempt to demean the sacrifice of the brave women of Mewar would not be tolerated by the Rajput community and the Hindus at large, the speakers at the rally said.
Deepika Padukone had said that India has “regressed” as a nation, in an apparent reaction to the continued controversy over the film where she performs the title role as the Rani Padmini of Chittor.
On Tuesday some goons who went by the name of "Karni Sena" rampaged a theatre hall in Kota and vandalised a mall in the name of Hinduism. In a letter to Irani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a member of the Udaipur-Mewar royal family has alleged that the film is based on a source that is inaccurate.