All the controversy over the film Padmavati is based on rumours, reveals Sanjay Leela Bhansali to Parliament!

Regarding the film Padmavati’s controversy, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Thursday appeared before a Parliamentary committee here and maintained that the row over his yet-to-be released film was just based on rumours, strongly rejecting criticism that he had distorted historical facts about the 16th century Rajput queen.

Bhansali was interrogated for over two hours by members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT as he appeared before it in Parliament House with Prasoon Joshi, who heads the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Sources revealed that the filmmaker was questioned why he had screened the film for a few select reporters even before it was cleared by the censor board.

"All the controversy over the film is based on rumours. I have not distorted facts. The film is based on a poem by Malik Muhammad Jayasi," Bhansali told, referring to the 16th century Indian sufi poet's epic poem "Padmavat".

"We don't intend to hurt anyone's sentiments," Bhansali said the 30-member panel headed by BJP MP Anurag Thakur. Among those who attended the meeting included Congress' Raj Babbar and BJP patriarch L.K. Advani.

The director has been given time till December 14 to reply to the panel.

The Parliamentary panel had asked him to attend its meeting to explain his point of view as several states have threatened to block the screening of the film, whose release was scheduled for Friday.



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