Sanjay Leela Bhansal's magnum opus Padmavati is garnering the love of its audience, despite the film being at the receiving end of hatred, controversies and threats. Ever since it began rolling out, the makers and actors have been witnessing violence and vandalising of the sets. While many political leaders kept justifying the anger over the film, the makers claim that a set of people are giving negative reactions without even knowing its story. But there's an important question that Prakash Raj raises in his Twitter post. The multilingual actor, who was last seen in Golmaal Again, has expressed his concern and questioned his fans 'Who is responsible for creating such atmosphere.' In the note, he wrote, "To whomsoever it may concern On the pretext on ones own specualtions You are free to attack a film set and slap a filmmaker. burn down the sets. form your own committee to censor the film. threaten the release and stop it. What do you call such intentions. Who is responsible for creating such atmosphere #justasking" This comes after political leaders Uma Bharti and Giriraj Singh reacted over the film's content. Union Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday posted an open letter against the makers of Padmavati and the film where she mentioned that though artistes have the freedom of expression, they cannot distort facts. “Jab aap kisi aetihaasik tathya par film banaate hain toh uske facts ko violate nahin karsakte (You cannot violate facts if you are making a movie on a historical event)." Isn’t to threaten,to silence is going back to Stone Age...but to question,to debate is a vibrant society for the future. #justasking pic.twitter.com/mA15XBlDfw — Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) November 6, 2017 She also drew parallels between those who carry out acid attacks and Ranveer Singh's character Alauddin Khilji. “Aaj bhi mann chaaha response nahi milne par kuch larke, larkiyon ke chehre par tezaab daal dete hain. Woh sab kisi bhi dharm ya jaati ke ho, woh mujhe Alauddin Khilji ke vansaj lagte hain (Even today, if some men do not get their desired response, they throw acid on the women’s face. No matter which religion or caste they belong to, I consider them as descendants of Alauddin Khilji)" On the other hand, Giriraj Singh in an interview to ANI, questioned if the director would have the guts to make a film on any other religion. He said, "Does Sanjay Leela Bhansali or anyone else have the guts to make films on other religions or comment upon them? They make films on Hindu gurus, gods and warriors. We will not tolerate this anymore." The film, starring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in the roles of Rani Padmini, Raja Ratan Singh and Allaudin Khilji respectively, is scheduled for December 1 release.
