‘Padmavati’ Release Date To Be Postponed

After months of silently dealing with a number of controversies propagated by various fringe groups, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali came on record to crush allegations about his film ‘Padmavati’. In a video message, the director assured everyone that his film upholds the honour of the Rajputs and does not depict anything that may hurt anyone's sentiments.

However, if latest reports are anything to go by then the makers of the historical drama are allegedly being pressured to postpone the release of the film, citing political reasons. According to online reports, the makers have been intimated by members of the ruling party in Gujarat to delay the release because of the upcoming assembly elections on December 9 and 14. The party allegedly doesn’t want to lose the favor of the right-wing groups, who are opposing the release of the film. However, no official communication has been sent out to the producers.

Calling the film ‘Padmavati’ a “tribute to the sacrifice, valour and honour of Rani Padmavati,” Sanjay shared a video that featured him saying, "I've made this film 'Padmavati' with a lot of sincerity, responsibility and hard work. I have always been inspired by Rani Padmavati's story and this film salutes her valour and sacrifice. But because of some rumours, this film has become a subject of controversy."

Pointing out that the root cause of the trouble was an alleged dream sequence involving Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s characters, he said, “Through this video, I am reiterating that in our film, Rani Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji have no such scene together which will hurt anyone's sentiments.”

The film that stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in leading roles is expected to release as scheduled on December 1.

John Abraham says NO to Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Sanjay Leela Bhansali seems to be having her worst days in bollywood. First it was his favourite Salman Khan refusing for his film Heera Mandi and now its John Abraham who said No for the project.

It all started with Hurman Baweja backing out of his other project Chenab Gandhi coz his dates clashed with Ashutosh Gowarikar's What's Your Rashee. Hurman was then replaced by John in the film and Bhansali was all set to begin shooting from April 2009.

John did have dates available for Bhansali's upcoming Chenab Gandhi before the release of Dostana. But things have changed post release. Fervor and action has left John with too much on his plate.

John has his dates for David Dhawan's Hook Ya Crook and Abbas Tyrewala's 1-800-Love, that he has practically no time nor interest for Bhansali's next.
The filmmaker seemingly ran out of choices and has decided to postpone the shooting till December.

As for the progress on the Heera Mandi front, well, only time will tell.

When Ranbir Kapoor Dumped Deepika Padukone…

When Ranbir Kapoor dumped Deepika Padukone everyone guessed why it happened. But sources say that it was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s advice which resulted their split.

The Ranbir and Deepika romance was anyway not slated to last to long even if it had been allowed to run its natural course as the two are very different people, according to a common friend. This love story would certainly have lasted longer and the break would not have come so abruptly had it been allowed to blossom. Bhansali did not bring the curtains down on this romance because of the two of them coming from rival camps but because he did not want the spotlight to be taken away from the film (Saawariya) and centre on the romance. Bhansali rightly wanted the focus on Saawariya.

During Ranbir's sister's wedding, he had given strict instructions to Rishi and Neetu not to allow the media any access to the newcomer. In fact, as the Deepika-Ranbir romance was on, he is believed to have met Ranbir's parents and explained that it was in the best interests of the film if the duo did not see each other. So Ranbir just stopped calling Deepika one fine day and returning her calls, leaving her wondering what on earth had happened.

Anyway, Deepika is back and doing fine.