BHANSALI MOVIE DELAYED AND LAUNCHED UNDER FEAR.
Yet to understand why so much cry over a historical event by a variety of sections in our society? FOR all kinds of reasons best known to their circuit of intellectuals, or not.
The film poster made by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with the original name "Padmaati" outside a cinema hall in Nadi,Fiji Islands, South Pacifica region.
Note: Noone is supposed to get offended because this post is to inform and make a protest (if needed) after having all the information in place, not before that).
Chor Minar near our place in South Delhi was built during Allaudin Khilji period. Around 800 years ago.
Few points to be noted.
1. Almost forgot who Allaudin Khilji was.
2. Mild remembrance of the story of the Queen Rani Padmini (until the movie happened)
3. Forgot the name of our Rajput king Raja Ratan Rawal Singh of Chittor (before Wikipedia ing it until late night last night)
4. Remembered every protest by the Karni Sena a fringe noisy group claiming to be the bearers of Hindustani hindutva (the last being a debate between Arnab Goswami and another Karni Sena guy who kept on garraowling "abey sun le. Angrej" on live RepublicTV).
So, despite being tad lengthy (could have cut the flab out by 40 minutes ) the performance by trio Deepika, Shahid and Ranbir packed a punch or two.
The expression of mise en scène
perfects the description.
Again what were they protesting about, before even watching the film. The movie Taran Adarsh says may make money over 200 crore but what motivation it gives to small independent film makers in future? Anurag Kashyap' s "Paanch" is yet to see the official light as I write. The film was a fine piece of art threads of imagination weaved into a fine story. A good job done by the team. Nowhere it has gloried the Mughals or demean the Rajput. So why the Halla that our PM Modi had to intervene and give a go ahead for releasing the film (delayed by two months)? Should the movie be renamel as Padmaavati and not Padmaavat?
According to this well researched blog.
https://www.esamskriti.com/e/History/Indian-History/Rani-Padmini-And-Alauddin-Khilji-1.aspxt
(Rani Padmini was a princess of Jaisalmer or of Sinhala, a village near Sojat in Pali district of Rajasthan. In the history of Rajasthan there are many references which indicate that Rani Padmini was the 11th wife of Rawal Ratan Singh among his fifteen wives, as polygamy was prevalent among Rajput rulers then.)
It reads that Raja Ratan crossed seven seas to get the Sri Lankan Princess. Geographically you need to reach Lanka, and starting from Chittor you take a ship from the south of Gujarat and keep going down over the Arabian Sea until late you reach Kerala and turn left. That's it. I doubt the Queen was from Sri Lanka. We can only imagine now.
