Supreme Court of India on Tuesday refused to modify its earlier order on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus “Padmaavat” and has delivered green signal for its screening in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. After the repeated threats and violence committed by the Rajput Karni Sena. Both the state governments had filed petition seeking modification in the top court's order, which flagged the way for the release of the controversial film.

It is "our duty" to comply with the Supreme Court's order. "If someone decides not to screen the film, it will be good but if someone screens the film, they will be provided security,” said by Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar LaL Khattar.

ANI reported that ticket counter of a cinema hall in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur was vandalised by unidentified miscreants in protest against Padmaavat yesterday and destroyed a mall in Haryana's Kurukshetra. Several similar incidents also surfaced in different parts of the nation against the release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum-opus.

A group of protestors from the Rajput group also created a ruckus and tore the poster of the movie outside a movie hall in Telangana yesterday.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's epic drama “Padmaavat” starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in lead roles is all set to release worldwide on January 25.

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