Karni Sena leader on 'Padmaavat': Pregnant women never perform 'Jauhar' as shown in the movie
| Updated: Jan 31, 2018, 15:57 IST
After watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat', two historians claimed that 'Padmaavat' does not hurt sentiments of any caste or community, however, the Shri Rajput Karni Sena on Tuesday again claimed that historical facts had been tampered with in the movie. Informed sources said that historians R.S. Khangarot, Principal of Agarwal PG College in Jaipur and Rajasthan University's retired history professor B.L. Gupta watched the movie in Bengaluru on Monday after a special invite by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at his ashram Khangarot and claimed that the film has nothing to do with history and does not hurt any section of society. Gupta seconded the view and said nothing in the film hurts the sentiments of any particular community either!
But, Karni Sena spokesperson Vijendra Singh told a leading news agency that these two historians did not watch the movie earlier. "We need to know in which context they said what they said. Had they questioned the movie's credibility, would Bhansali have stopped its release?" he asked. "Pregnant women never perform 'Jauhar' or self-immolation, as shown in the movie. Khilji attacked Chittorgarh when he was aged 55, but the movie shows a young Khilji of around 25. The Chittorgarh Fort's door was never broken by Khilji, but the movie shows otherwise," the Karni Sena leader asserted. He said that in the movie, Khilji is shown entering the fort and threatening Raja Ratan Singh to allow his wife to go with him or else he will be killed right there. "This sounds too comical - a king can just not be threatened in his own kingdom," he continued.
He also quoted other scenes which he claimed were not as per historical facts.
But, Karni Sena spokesperson Vijendra Singh told a leading news agency that these two historians did not watch the movie earlier. "We need to know in which context they said what they said. Had they questioned the movie's credibility, would Bhansali have stopped its release?" he asked. "Pregnant women never perform 'Jauhar' or self-immolation, as shown in the movie. Khilji attacked Chittorgarh when he was aged 55, but the movie shows a young Khilji of around 25. The Chittorgarh Fort's door was never broken by Khilji, but the movie shows otherwise," the Karni Sena leader asserted. He said that in the movie, Khilji is shown entering the fort and threatening Raja Ratan Singh to allow his wife to go with him or else he will be killed right there. "This sounds too comical - a king can just not be threatened in his own kingdom," he continued.
He also quoted other scenes which he claimed were not as per historical facts.