On Provocative Art and Freedom of Expression: The ‘Padmavati’ controversy
On December 1st, 2017, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati was supposed to be released all over India. The movie is supposed to be an epic period drama, retelling the legend of Rani Padmini(or Padmavati), a Hindu Rajput queen, based on Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s epic 16th-century poem Padmavat.
Rani Padmini remains an important figure in Rajasthani — specifically Rajput — culture. Upon hearing about the subject matter of the film, several activists, most prominently from the political group Karni Sena of Rajasthan, have been protesting against its release. The protest has grown in violence over time, with activists vandalizing sets, physically attacking Bhansali, and even issuing threats against the actors. They are doing this, they claim because the movie allegedly dishonors Rani Padmavati. This onset of violence has postponed the delay of the film indefinitely. Protesters have not actually seen the movie yet; no one has.
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