Rani Padmini’s Life Has Been Shown In A Wrong Manner In Padmavati, Claims Queen’s Descendant

The allegations and controversies for Bhansali's Padmavati is not hitting a dead end anytime soon. Even though the film is heading close to its worldwide release, the film is courting non-stop controversies.?

In a new twist of events, a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), a member of the erstwhile royal family of Udaipur and a descendant of Rani Padmini, Vishwraj Singh, has said that the distorted history in the Bollywood movie Padmavati was not acceptable.

(Also read: 20 Times SLB’s ‘Padmavati’ Landed Into Trouble & Amassed Controversies Before Its Release)

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The film features Deepika Padukone as the queen and Ranveer Singh plays Alauddin Khilji.??In the past two days, the Supreme Court and the Allahabad High Court have dismissed petitions seeking a ban?on the film. The film is yet to be certified by the CBFC.

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The posters and songs released reveal that the life of Rani Padmini has been presented in the movie in a wrong manner and the filmmaker has done it for his own benefit, Singh alleged. In the letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman has appealed that the film not be given a certification.

(Also read:?SC Rejects Plea Against Padmavati’s Release, Says Can’t Interfere Until CBFC Certifies The Film)?

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The film has also been facing a severe ban by Rajput groups protesting against an alleged “romantic sequence between Padmavati and Khilji”. Both Bhansali and the film’s team has dismissed these rumors.

Produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Bhansali Productions, Deepika-Shahid-Ranveer starrer Padmavati will release worldwide on December 1.