Rajasthan profs called to review Padmavati

Jaipur: Two Rajasthan-based professors on Thursday said they have been invited by the Central Board of Film Certification to be part of a panel to review Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s troubled film Padmavati.

The two academics are R.S. Khangarot, principal of the Agrawal College here, and B.L. Gupta, a retired Rajasthan University professor.

Mr Khangarot said he received a call from censor board chief Prasoon Joshi to view the film, which is awaiting a censor certificate.

“I got a call from (Prasoon) Joshi recently. He sought my opinion on the film as a part of a panel of historians. I told him that I can be available for the review next week,” he said.

Mr Khangarot said, “For me, this is not an issue between Bhansali and the Rajput community or between Bhansali and Karni Sena. I see it as an issue between the filmmaker and history and I will be reviewing the film in this light.”