Jaipur: “Dawood” is funding Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, Karni Sena president Lokendra Singh Kalvi said Sunday, ANI reported. “With what authority does Deepika Padukone challenge us today saying that the film will be released? Hasn’t she insulted (producer) Sanjay Leela Bhansali? Hundreds of crores of rupees, which anyway did not belong to her, came from the middle-east, belonged to Dawood,” the news agency quoted him as saying.
Kalvi made these remarks on a day when Haryana BJP Chief Media Coordinator Suraj Pal Amu promised a reward of Rs 10 crore for anyone who beheads Bhansali. Amu also threatened to break Ranveer Singh’s legs.
The film’s main characters include the Rajput queen Rani Padmini (Deepika Padukone) and Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khilji (Ranveer Singh). Opponents of the film say or suspect that it distorts history, and there has been speculation that it contains a dream sequence featuring the queen and the invader. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has denied this – twice.
Padmavati was scheduled to open in theatres on December 1, but the release has been postponed indefinitely. The Karni Sena had called for a bandh on December 1. Now, Lokendra Singh Kalvi says his outfit will “wait for a few days and see.”
