Shocking: Padmavati or Padmavat: This movie is not what you thought? Sanjay Bhansali played a game.

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    Sanjay Bhansali played a game

    Padmavat not Padmavati. Yes, the most controversial film of a decade is based upon an epic titled Padmavat. The movie which has landed itself in troubled waters is an aesthetic visual presentation of an epic composed by medieval Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi about 477 years. Smells fishy right?! A tale which was written and publicised 477 years back is now being ridiculed and challenged for its authenticity.

    The entire drama ahead of Padmavati release is clearly a marketing gimmick to garner maximum eyeballs and earn complimentary publicity. Afterall, all this drama isn’t costing anything to the makers. Is it? It is infact, exposing their film to a larger audience and building up curiousity for the film across the country. What a deliberate attempt at the cost of creating havoc for the countrymen. Given that the company has spent crores of money on the making, it is perhaps taking miser steps in marketing the film.

    The Clan: What How and Why

    As far as the clan is concerned, it has created an upheaval at the theatres, nearby residents and leave that, even the movie cast has been blackmailed and mentally tortured. Nonetheless, it is noteworthy that this is the same clan which allowed the film shoot at various forts and palaces despite knowing the script and their contention with the same. For what? An enviable and an unbelievable amount of money! Yes, that’s how dirty it could get.

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    Peekaboo into the world of Padmavat

    According to the epic Padmavat, its protagonist Padmavati was considered as the most beautiful woman of her time in the lands of Singhaldweep. She was emotionally attached to her parrot named Hiraman who she had befriended.

    Padmavati’s growing friendship with Hiraman got to the nerves of her father and he ordered the parrot to be killed. However, Hiraman escaped death and flew away. He got caught by a bird catcher who sold him to the king of Chittor, Ratnasen.

    Ratnasen kept him as his pet. Hiraman then narrated the beauty of Padmavati to Ratnasen. Consequently, he developed a deep love for the queen, which instigates him to see her. He then planned a clandestine visit to Singhaldweep.

    A well-planned shock mechanism for the innocent public

    Who could have thought that a story revolving around a parrot would become the most controversial topic of 2017? Not only that, it’s existence and genuineness is being questioned after 477 years is nothing but spooky.

    Governments of all different states are being pulled into this matter. The social fabric is being distorted and the overall administration of states is being disturbed. While Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu government have banned the film, other state governments are mulling the idea of doing the same to avoid adverse effect” on the law-and-order situation.

    There are two reasons why the film is not being banned countrywide. Firstly, the movie is a form of representational art and secondly, the governments and the public at large take cognizance of the hardwork of actors who have put their heart and soul into making it. Nonetheless, rejection of creativity and entrance into a zone of ‘no-tolerance for change’ only reflects poorly on the society.

    Government’s job is to decide the fate of a story?

    The larger question, however, is “What is the government got to do with the movie and its release?” Why is the legal framework being questioned amidst the confusion? The government’s administrative powers are above and beyond the clutches of deciding the fate of a story, while it is busy producing a progressive story for the nation. The government’s involvement at this level isn’t decorous and fails at justification. Doesn’t it?

    Recently, Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje inked down a letter to Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani. She said a committee with “famous historians, film personalities and members of the aggrieved community” should be constituted to discuss the movie’s story in detail. Likewise, the Uttar Pradesh government also wrote a letter to I&B ministry to defer the release of the film.

    Well, only time can decide the fate of Padmavati (or Padmavat, so should we say), but the reality doesn’t seem to change. It all looks more of an artificial set up aimed at gathering attention and publicity. Well, if this is the case, the makers have clearly underestimated the fan power and screen presence of the lead cast.

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