Padmaavat' gets smooth clearance for Pakistan release

[Shahzaz ud din]

Padmaavat' gets smooth clearance for Pakistan release
IANS/New Delhi
Filed on January 24, 2018

The film is based on the 16th century poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi's famed poem "Padmavat".

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's epic drama "Padmaavat" was on Wednesday cleared for release in Pakistan, said the censor board's top official.

"'Padmaavat' has been declared fit for public exhibition in the cinema houses without any excision by Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC)," Mobashir Hasan told IANS via social media from Islamabad.

The movie has been given 'U' certification.

According to some distributors in Pakistan, there were apprehensions over the movie given the negative portrayal of Alauddin Khilji.

Asked about it, Hasan said: "CBFC isn't biased in arts, creativity and healthy entertainment."

He said that for the film's certification, the CBFC co-opted Professor Waqar Ali Shah, Chairman, Department of History, Quaid-e-Azam University as per rules.

"A co-opted member has no voting rights. They are for expert opinion," Hasan explained.

"Padmaavat" is set for a worldwide release on Thursday.

Satish Reddy, Chairman, Eveready Group of Companies, a key film distributor in Pakistan, told IANS that "Padmaavat" should have a "very strong" response in its first week.

In India, the film's makers have had a long struggle in getting it to theatres as some Rajput outfits have been up against its release over alleged historical innaccuracies.

Shri Rajput Karni Sena activists have been staging violent protests across some parts of the country to stop the film's release.

Originally titled "Padmavati", the movie's makers were asked to make five modifications -- including title change, addition of two disclaimers, and some alterations in a song -- before it got a U/A certificate.

With Deepika Padukone as brave Rani Padmavati, Ranveer Singh as menacing Alauddin Khilji and Shahid Kapoor as the proud king Maharawal Ratan Singh, the movie -- backed by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Bhansali Productions -- sets out to tell a tale of Rajput valour and sacrifice.

The film, replete with Bhansali's trademark grandeur, is based on the 16th century poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi's famed poem "Padmavat".

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

This looks like another one of those bollywood propaganda movies on "uncivilized Muslims vs superior Hindus".

 

[Cookie Monster]

This looks like another one of those bollywood propaganda movies on "uncivilized Muslims vs superior Hindus".

Films like these only deepen the hatred that's already present between Hindus and Muslims.

 

[Max]

bcoz Muslims are presented as barbarian in this pathetic Hindutva propaganda?

Padmaavat' gets smooth clearance for Pakistan release

 

[TheLahoriGuy]

Nice to see their cinema give the finger to their extremists and go ahead with the release.

 

[Ocean]

bcoz Muslims are presented as barbarian in this pathetic Hindutva propaganda?

This is the state of our censor board. This film portrays muslims as beasts who love to binge on food or kidnap women and they have extremely negatively portrayed khilji.
But still same pakistanis who will shout kashmir and threaten to nuke india will rush to watch this shytty film.

And yaar do our people have any taste? I mean on what planet does one find deepika pakoda beautiful? Pakistan may kaam wali maasis are prettier than her and well dressed too.

And btw this deepi padu whatever actress had whitened her skin tone many tones lighter than her actual color through skin whitening injections

 

[pakman12]

Hindu propaganda films should be banned in all muslim countries.

 

[neem456]

Bollywood : Hate it, rant it, but cant live without it.

 

[Lucky Breeze]

Bollywood : Hate it, rant it, but cant live without it.

Its fun, thats it

 

[New World]

if i'm not wrong, it was Allaudin khilji who saved sub-continent from the onslaught of Genghis khan.

 

[Lucky Breeze]

Watch Padmaavat, But Don’t Expect To See the ‘Real’ Alauddin Khilji in It
It should also be noted that Khilji -- instead of routinely going off on the world’s most awkward pre-Tinder dates, as suggested by the film – spent a lot of his reign in Delhi, formulating administrative, taxation and revenue reforms, which were so effective that several of them were continued by subsequent Mughal and even British rulers.
Shantanu David | News18.com

Ali Gurshasp, better known by his regnal name of Alauddin Khilji; let’s pause for a minute (which is way longer than any fringe group did) to consider the man himself as compared to the way he’s been portrayed by Ranveer Singh in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat.

Singh’s Khilji is shown from the very beginning as an intemperate, sadistic horn dog with no morals and severe impulse control issues. The thing is, people like that usually end up in a prison or a mental institution, not as Sultan-e-Hind. One could point to any debauched ruler in history, but I would argue that those were the later generations of previously established dynasties now devolving into decadence, and they’re usually deposed fairly quickly.



The real life Alauddin, on the other hand, was born to a family of slaves-turned-generals, with no imperial prospects to speak of. When his uncle (and father-in-law) Jalaluddin finally raised himself to the throne at the ripe old age of 70, Alauddin was already an established military commander and administrator of no little skills and abilities, and burgeoning ambitions. Yet in Bhansali’s hyper-stylistic cinema, Ranveer as a debauched Alauddin is shown fooling around with a woman who’s definitely not his wife during his own wedding to Jalaluddin’s daughter, in a not very concealed corner of the marriage venue. The real Alauddin was too shrewd a political animal to indulge himself at such a vital phase in his career, no matter what some apocryphal tale of a wedding rape may report.
Indeed, Alauddin Khilji lusted for a place in history more than any woman (or eunuch general), as evident from his desire of becoming a second Alexander, even issuing documents and prayers for himself in that name. In order to become known as thus, one doesn’t abandon their precariously held capital (Delhi) and go gallivanting off to the desert to capture the queen of a seemingly impregnable mountain fortress. With all due respect to Rajputs (not so much the Karni Sena), the only reason Alauddin besieged Chittorgarh was because of its strategic importance in conquering the rest of Rajputana and not because of some queen from Sri Lanka. That’s the kind of thing you’d find in a film script, not in the annals of conquerors.

It should also be noted that Khilji -- instead of routinely going off on the world’s most awkward pre-Tinder dates, as suggested by the film – spent a lot of his reign in Delhi, formulating administrative, taxation and revenue reforms, which were so effective that several of them were continued by subsequent Mughal and even British rulers. And we all know how much those two groups loved their tax systems.

Then there’s the whole revolt thing. Padmaavat shows a remarkably ill-conceived assassination plot by Alauddin’s nephew which grievously wounds the Sultan and robs him of his mojo just when Padmavati finally does turn up in Delhi. Yeah, none of that happened. In reality, there were at least three attempted coups against Alauddin, which were discovered and thwarted before they could even begin. Alauddin wasn’t injured (or even in any danger) during any of them and in fact, amused himself by coming up with novel methods for execution of the perpetrators.

Interestingly, in order to quell any further thoughts of rebellion, Alauddin (himself a heavy imbiber of various substances) enforced a total prohibition, in his court along with the city and outskirts of Delhi, of not only alcohol but also opiates and cannabis. This last is a bit of a head-scratcher as one would assume a court full of stoned nobles would be more preoccupied with which type of biryani to have for dinner than the plotting of a coup; but what do we know?

Quite a bit actually. Which is why it’s so frustrating that various fringe elements are comparing the Alauddin of Padmaavat to the Alauddunya wad Din Muhammad Shah-us Sultan (to give him his full title) of real life and using it as a reason to take offence. Make no mistake, the real Alauddin was a cruel and ruthless tyrant but he was the cruel and ruthless tyrant that India needed in the 14th Century in order to fend off repeated invasions by the Mongols. Sort of like Winston Churchill in World War II.

And that perhaps was Khilji’s greatest contribution to medieval and thus modern India: he saved us all from the Mongols. Heck, he even constructed Hauz Khas, an artificial reservoir system meant to keep Delhi supplied with water in case of a Mongol siege, so today’s hipsters owe him an enormous debt, or at least a couple of shots.

Admittedly, the Mongols were a pretty cosmopolitan empire who, after subjugating a place and its people, allowed their conquered territories to live and worship in peace, sans any religious bigotry. On second thoughts, can we ask them to come back now?

 

[BannuTorkham]

if i'm not wrong, it was Allaudin khilji who saved sub-continent from the onslaught of Genghis khan.

No you are historically wrong..

its was Shamsuddin Iltutmish who did it.. when he denied the Sultan of Khawarizm the entry to india, on the pretext of bad weather, while. he was being hounded by mongol hordes.. and khalji came atleast 70 years after genghis khan.

and yes.. it was not the subcontinent but their own nascent Islamic sultanate which they saved from rapacious mongols.. remember chengiz was the biggest enemy of islam at that time

 

[TheLahoriGuy]

I surprised at the the replies I'm seeing on this thread (well not really). Can't believe this movie is being taken as propaganda. Its a bloody FILM that too of a STORY. Do you think people will suddenly start converting to Hindus after watching this film ? Which narrative exactly is this pushing ? Its entertainment. Start treating it like that. You think Pakistan has the sole responsibility of "protecting" the image of Muslims ? There's 200 million other Muslims in India who don't care then why should we ?

 

[IceCold]

Why did the Hindus wanted a ban on it? If it portray Muslims in bad light than Hindu should had been happy?

 

[New World]

No you are historically wrong..

its was Shamsuddin Iltutmish who did it.. when he denied the Sultan of Khawarizm the entry to india, on the pretext of bad weather, while. he was being hounded by mongol hordes.. and khalji came atleast 70 years after genghis khan.

and yes.. it was not the subcontinent but their own nascent Islamic sultanate which they saved from rapacious mongols.. remember chengiz was the biggest enemy of islam at that time

And that perhaps was Khilji’s greatest contribution to medieval and thus modern India: he saved us all from the Mongols. Heck, he even constructed Hauz Khas, an artificial reservoir system meant to keep Delhi supplied with water in case of a Mongol siege, so today’s hipsters owe him an enormous debt, or at least a couple of shots


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