Big B, RGV, Twitteratti can't get over 'period' clash between Padmavat and Padman
Mumbai: Bollywood's biggest vehicle of controvery, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmavat,' christened 'Padmavati' before the CBFC's famed intervention, is finally gearing up for its release. The film, which was earlier slated to release on December 01, 2017, is not confirmed to be releasing on January 25.
However, with this new development, the film has landed itself in an unexpected innuendo of sorts, that celebs and twitterati just can't seem to get enough of.
'Padmavat' is now slated to release alongside Akshay Kumar's R Balki helmed 'Padman,' during the Republic weekend.
The pun on both being 'period' films wasn't lost on anyone. not even Amitabh Bachchan.
T 2526 - 'PADMA' the operative key word for film release on 26th Jan 2018 :
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 9, 2018
PADMAvat & PADMAn .. !! pic.twitter.com/pY4onjDEic
Incidentally, Big B has a cameo in 'Padman,' which also stars Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte.
Ram Gopal Varma, who helmed Big B's last release 'Sarkar 3,' also didn't spare the films, despite just being back from a self-inflicted Twitter sabbatical.
A true Republic Day is when a period film and a film on periods are releasing on the same day..Jai Ho
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) January 9, 2018
A true Republic Day is when a period film and a film on periods are releasing on the same day..Jai Ho
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) January 9, 2018
Twitterati also joined in the fun.
#Padmavati & #Padman releasing together. Period.
— Sidharth Jain (@irocksid) January 8, 2018
If Padmavati does release on the same day as Padman, it will be a first for Hindi films. Two period films on the same day.
— Naomi Datta (@nowme_datta) January 8, 2018
'Padmavat,' starring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in the lead roles, finally managed to get itself a CBFC certification, with an alleged five cuts.
