PTI, KOTA: The controversy over Bollywood film ‘Padmavati’ took an ugly turn today with a senior functionary of the protesting Shri Rajput Karni Sena threatening actor Deepika Padukone with physical harm if she incited public sentiments. Referring to the nose chopping of ‘Surupnakha’ in the epic Ramayana, Karni Sena leader Mahipal Singh Makrana said that while Kshatriyas respected women, if the film was not banned and Padukone does not stop inciting sentiments with her provocative language, the Rajputs will not lag behind in acting.
Rajputs would not lag behind in pursuing the way Lakshmana acted in the Ramayana, he said hinting at the Surupnakha nose chopping episode. He asked why was Padukone, who has the citizenship of Denmark, speaking such provocative language?
Makrana claimed that a cinema hall in Kota was rampaged as a result of such provocative language. “Shri Rajput Karni Sena has now just conveyed a lesson to Deepika Padukone to stop making provocative statements or face the result,” Makrana said. Padukone had reportedly said that nothing could stop the release of the film and that India had regressed as a nation. The Karni Sena activist said that when a movie like ‘Bahubali’ can earn crores showing the valour of ‘kshatriyas’, then why people want to cash-in on films presenting wrong facts.
