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Policemen deployed outside city multiplexes, ahead of Padmaavat’s release. (Photo: Deepak kurkunde)

100 Karni Sena members detained across Mumbai

Police to keep an eye out for Padmaavat viewers.

25 Jan 2018 2:42 AM

Karni Sena members allegedly damaged two state roadways buses in Jaipur and blocked a road in the city’s Kalwar area scores of activists were held in Mumbai and Nashik. (Photo: ANI)

Protests intensify against ‘Padmavaat’, multiplex body says no screening in 4 states

Multiplex Association of India said the film would not be screened in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Goa.

24 Jan 2018 7:46 PM

I appeal to the people not to watch the movie Padmaavat. Its director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, has tampered with history to earn money.

11 Karni Sena members held

Agitators blocked highway, created riot-like situation on Monday.

24 Jan 2018 4:44 AM

Karni Sena members protesting the release of Padmavati before the Supreme Court ruling.

Cinema won’t sully India’s history, dirty politics will

The Supreme Court order lifting the four-state ban on Padmavati has brought much-needed redemption to the Indian film fraternity.

24 Jan 2018 1:51 AM

Deepika Padukone plays the lead character in 'Padmaavat.'

Right step at right time on film: DGP

The DGP said that he was aware of the challenges, but added that the law and order situation in UP had improved in the past few months.

24 Jan 2018 1:38 AM

Upendra Singh Rathore climbed the 350-feet tall tower, saying he will descend only when the movie is banned across the country. (Photo: ANI)

Rajasthan man climbs BSNL tower to protest against 'Padmaavat' release

Last week, the SC set aside notifications passed by the govts of MP, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat to ban the release of Padmaavat.

22 Jan 2018 5:33 PM

Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in a still from 'Padmaavat', Deepika Padukone on the poster.

Uncertainty prevails over Padmaavat release in UP

BJP spokesman Narendra Singh Rana said that the Yogi government would deal with the matter at the appropriate time.

21 Jan 2018 2:59 AM

File photo of Karni Sena protesting against Padmaavat. (Photo: PTI)

Theatres still jittery about Padmaavat

Despite the Supreme Court go ahead, the law and order situation has camp SLB and theatre owners still worried.

20 Jan 2018 12:02 AM

Senior lawyer Harish Salve who represented the producers of 'Padmaavat' in the Supreme Court has received open threat from the Rajput Karni Sena. (Photo: PTI | File)

'Padmaavat' row: Karni Sena threatens senior advocate Harish Salve

According to reports Salve said, 'Karni Sena called my office to threaten. They dared my office to complain.'

19 Jan 2018 5:40 PM

UP: Fate of Padmavat still hangs in balance

The manager of a multiplex chain said that they would like to be doubly sure before screening the film which is scheduled to release on January 25.

14 Jan 2018 2:13 AM

The film seems set for a January 25 release, according to sources in Viacom18 Motion Pictures, the production house behind the film.

Karni Sena warns of ‘public curfew’

The film was previously scheduled to release on Dec 1.

11 Jan 2018 2:20 AM

Succumbing to pressure from the community at a time when three by-polls are going to take place later in January, Rajasthan government has decided against the release of the film in the state. (Photo: File)

'Padmavati' row: Despite CBFC nod, Rajasthan sticks to earlier ban

Opposing CBFC's pass for all India release on Jan 25, home minister Gulab Chand Kataria stated, the film will not be released in the state.

08 Jan 2018 9:12 PM

More than an ‘i’ lost

The review committee is by no means a first for the Hindi film industry.

02 Jan 2018 12:18 AM

Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor in a still from 'Padmavati'

Shahid Kapoor breaks his silence on Padmavati

Shahid also comes down hard on the Karni Sena for threatening Deepika Padukone with physical harm.

04 Dec 2017 12:04 AM

Suraj Pal Amu hit headlines when he recently announced a reward of Rs 10 crore for anyone who beheads actress Deepika Padukone, and filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and praised a Meerut youth who had announced Rs 5 crore bounty for beheading them. (Photo: ANI | File)

Padmavati row: BJP's Suraj Amu, who threatened to behead cast, resigns

SL: Amu also stated that his dream is to slap Farooq Abdullah at Lal Chowk and challenged Abdullah to meet him there.

29 Nov 2017 11:57 AM

The body was hanging 200 meters above the ground at Jaipur's Nahargarh fort. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Not just effigies: Body found hanging at Jaipur fort in protest of 'Padmavati'

The body has been identified as that of 40 year old local Chetan Saini.

24 Nov 2017 1:23 PM

Earlier on Wednesday, Kalvi announced even if the changes were made in the film, 'Padmavati', they would not allow its release.

We maintain stand on ‘Padmavati’, will appeal to PM to ban film, says Karni Sena

Further maintaining his stand on banning the movie, he said, ‘If a new date of release is announced, we will be ready to protest again’.

23 Nov 2017 5:21 PM

Why is Bollywood quiet?

These events reflect badly on a society that can’t even agree on how to solve the riddle of a film that is yet to be certified and viewed.

21 Nov 2017 12:01 AM

The widespread protests, including threats, over the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film seemed to have led to the launch of the film getting deferred. (Photo: File)

Won't let 'Padmavati' release in UP unless makers remove controversial parts: Dy CM

A fringe group targeted Deepika Padukone, announcing a reward of Rs 1 cr for anyone 'burning her alive.'

20 Nov 2017 9:45 AM

The members of Sarva Samaj Samithi closed down the historic gate of Chittorgarh fort, denying tourists entry in the complex. (Photo: PTI)

Padmavati protesters block entry to Chittorgarh fort

Karni Sena had alleged distortion of historical facts in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film starring Padukone, Shahid Kapur and Ranveer Singh.

18 Nov 2017 2:51 AM

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