A day after Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his crew were
assaulted on the sets of his upcoming directorial "Padmavati", the
filmmaker decided to cancel shooting in Jaipur, sources close to him told on
Saturday.
"He has packed up and has said he will never shoot
again in Jaipur," the sources further added.
Sources told that Bhansali has
decided to have sets in Mumbai and carry on shooting there.
As per to reports, the team will be leaving for Mumbai from
here later in the evening.
On Friday activists of a Rajputorganisation, Shree Rajput
Karni Sena, protested, misbehaved and manhandled the crew of
Bhansali's forthcoming movie "Padmavati", police and bystanders told.
They also damaged some cameras and other equipment, forcing
Bhansali to stop shooting.
"We had earlier requested him (Bhansali) to show us the
script which he did not do. We are against distorting of historical facts and
we know that he has distorted historical facts," Vivek Singh of Karni Sena
said.
"Padmavati" tells the story of Alauddin Khilji,
the medieval-era Delhi ruler, who fell in love with Rajput queen Padmavati.
Actors Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor star in the movie.
Bhansali was shooting some portions of "Padmavati"
in Jaigarh Fort on Friday when at around 12 p.m. some activists of Karni Sena
gathered there and started to protest.
They even manhandled and misbehaved with Bhansali and his
crew members. There was a complete chaos for some time and Bhansali had to stop
shooting.
Police had a tough time in controlling the situation.
"He (Bhansali) is distorting history and we will not
allow them to do so," Lokendra Singh Kalvi, a senior leader of Karni Sena said
in a press conference here on Saturday.
"This film should not be made. We wrote a number of
times to Bhansali asking him to present history in the right manner. But he did
not listen to us,"Kalvi told.
Karni Sena claimed they have got a big library. "In no
book is it written that Alauddin Khilji fell in love with Padmavati or he was
her lover," he told.
"They are trying to defame Padmavati by distorting
historical facts. It is not acceptable," an activist of Karni Sena told.
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