Shahid Kapoor: It is unfortunate that the attacks happened again

On Tuesday night, a group of miscreants razed down the sets of 'Padmavati' erected at the Masai Plateau in Kolhapur. While there was no loss of life, the costumes and props which were kept on the sets were burnt to the ground. This is the second time in the last couple of months that there has been an attack on the sets of 'Padmavati'.

When asked about the Kolhapur attacks, Shahid who was present at an awards function said, “I am aware that there has been some disruption that has happened. I am aware that a certain amount of costumes got burnt. I am aware everybody is safe and nobody got harmed. The shooting has wrapped up and the team is coming back. What I am not aware of is who has done it. It is unfortunate that something like this has happened for the second time. As soon as there is some clarity, the production house will respond to it. No principal actors were there.”

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The press statement issued by the Bhansali Productions reads, "The sets of Padmavati in Kolhapur in Maharashtra region witnessed an unfortunate incident last night at around 12.30am when certain miscreants attacked the film’s set and set it on fire in an attempt to damage the property. A complaint has been filed to investigate this matter further, but we are grateful that there has been no loss of life or harm to anybody on the set. While thankfully the incident occurred after we had wrapped our shoot for the day and all the artists, cast and crew were safely away; unfortunately, around 70 – 80% of costumes and jewellery for the movie have been destroyed.”

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