Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Padmaavat is likely to release in Madhya Pradesh this week. Film distributors and theatre owners have agreed to screen the film only after the state government assured that they would provide adequate security cover for the release of the film on February 8, 2018.
Theatre owners in Madhya Pradesh hadn’t released the film last month following large-scale protests and bandhs in several places.
Of the 361 cinema halls across Madhya Pradesh, owners of 200 theatres are eagerly waiting to screen the movie and that within three hours of the release of the film in Indore, it would be screened in the state capital as well Secretary of Bhopal Cinema Owners Association, Azizuddin, said.
However, the Rajput organisation Karni Sena has stated that it would stage peaceful protests against its release in Madhya Pradesh and that they are going to stand outside cinema halls and request people not to watch the movie.
