"IT IS SAD THAT INDIAN FILMS ARE GETTING TARGETED" SAYS VISHAL BHARADWAJ

Even after the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed, and Shahid Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh starrer Padmaavat, the protest has not come to an end. The movie has been given a clean chit by the SC and CBFC, but Karni Sena does not seem to be in a mood to stand still. There are cases of violent protest against the movie in various parts of the country. In Rajasthan, the distributors have refused to screen the film supporting the protest across the state. This situation has not only turned into a nightmare for director Sanjay Leela Bhansali but has also saddened his fellow director Vishal Bharadwaj. The director urges the government to take some serious action.

While interacting with the press in Zee Jaipur Literature Festival, he said, "It is a sad thing that Indian films are getting targeted. The scary part is that the protesters are getting away by taking law and order into their own hands. I hope the state becomes more powerful and acts against these people who are breaking the law even after the Supreme Court's intervention."

He also added, "Even if a billion people are there out on the streets, when the government, the Supreme Court says it (Padmaavat) isn't objectionable, we should not give into protests… No one has the right to violent protests. School buses with children are being stoned, what kind of protests are these in the land of Gandhi?" He said that when SC and CBFC have given clean chit to the movie, then there was no need for this violent protest.

Hope government listens to his plea and take some serious action to stop such violent protests further.