The producer and director of the controversial film “Padmaavat” moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the decision of four states to ban its screening within their jurisdictions just days before its scheduled release on January 25.
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, with the producer and the marketing rights holder, pleaded through advocate Mahesh Agrawal with a bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra for an urgent hearing on the joint petition seeking a direction from the SC to the governments of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana to facilitate safe screening of the film.
The producer and director of the controversial film “Padmaavat” moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the decision of four states to ban its screening within their jurisdictions just days before its scheduled release on January 25.
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, with the producer and the marketing rights holder, pleaded through advocate Mahesh Agrawal with a bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra for an urgent hearing on the joint petition seeking a direction from the SC to the governments of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana to facilitate safe screening of the film.