{"id":41805,"date":"2017-01-28T23:14:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T23:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2017\/01\/28\/padmavati-ruckus-stars-call-it-a-matter-of-shame\/"},"modified":"2017-01-28T23:14:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T23:14:50","slug":"padmavati-ruckus-stars-call-it-a-matter-of-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2017\/01\/28\/padmavati-ruckus-stars-call-it-a-matter-of-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Padmavati ruckus: stars call it \u2018a matter of shame\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/><\/p>\n<div>Veteran scriptwriter Salim Khan has condemned the attack on director Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the shooting of \u2018Padmavati\u2019 in Jaipur\u2019s Jaigarh fort, saying the incident is a \u2018matter of shame\u2019.<\/div>\n<div>The 81-year-old \u2018Sholay\u2019 writer said he has many friends from the Rajput community and the race is noble. \u201cI have grown up with Rajput boys and have been close to their families. This race is genetically brave hospitable and loyal.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe people those who attacked Sanjay Leela Bhansali called themselves Rajputs. The incident is a matter of shame to the noble community,\u201d Salim tweeted.<\/div>\n<div>The writer said he is sure that Bhansali will not do anything that will hurt the sentiment of anyone. \u201cNobody has seen the film or read the script but i am sure Sanjay would not have hurt the sentiment of any community or individual,\u201d he wrote.<\/div>\n<div>Bhansali, was shooting for the film in Jaipur, when he was assaulted by activists of Rajput community group, Karni Sena, who also vandalised the set.<\/div>\n<div>Leading stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor have spoken up against the attack. In a series of tweets, Deepika expressed her shock and sadness over the events that played out at the Jaigarh Fort.<\/div>\n<div>Saying that she was \u201cin a state of shock\u201d and \u201cdeeply saddened and disheartened by yesterday\u2019s events\u201d, the actress also came forward to clarify that is \u201cno distortion of history\u201d in the film and that their only endeavour is to share with the world \u201cthe story of this courageous and powerful woman in the purest form\u201d there is.<\/div>\n<div>Shahid Kapoor, who will be seen playing the role of Padmavati\u2019s husband Raja Rawal Ratan Singh, expressed his anger and his \u2018regret\u2019 that he wasn\u2019t by the filmmaker\u2019s side when the incident took place. Questioning the actions of the fringe group, Shahid said that the director was someone who the country should be \u2018proud of\u2019 because of the \u201cdignity he brings to the film\u201d.<\/div>\n<div>Ranveer Singh, who will be playing the role of the Alauddin Khilji, assured the people of Rajasthan and the Rajput community, that his director Bhansali \u201cwon\u2019t ever do anything to hurt anyone\u2019s feelings\u201d. Admitting that the incident on Friday evening was \u201cvery unfortunate\u201d, the actor also requested the people of Rajasthan to \u201cunderstand and empathise\u201d with their intentions and to give them their support.<\/div>\n<div>The film\u2019s team had also issued a clarification early in the day, stating that unlike the allegations made against them, there was no romantic scene between the characters of Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji played by Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.<\/div>\n<div>It has been reported that director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has called off the shoot in Jaipur, post the horrific incident and that he will soon be returning to Mumbai.<\/div>\n<div>Several Bollywood stars including Bhansali\u2019s \u2018Bajirao Mastani\u2019 star Priyanka Chopra, along with Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Farhan Akktar and many more, united to voice their anger towards the incident and also pledged their support to the director.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran scriptwriter Salim Khan has condemned the attack on director Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the shooting of \u2018Padmavati\u2019 in Jaipur\u2019s Jaigarh fort, saying the incident is a \u2018matter of shame\u2019. The 81-year-old \u2018Sholay\u2019 writer said he has many friends from the Rajput community and the race is noble. \u201cI have grown up with Rajput boys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}