Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati has been at the center of various controversies for the past few weeks. Though the film’s trailer was welcomed warmly by the audience, the director’s woes started soon after Rajput Karni Sena, along with various other political and religious organisations, started raising objections to the film’s content. They believed that history had been misrepresented and thus, the film should be banned.

After threats of disruption of peace in the country, the makers of Padmavati decided to postpone their release date from December 1. What also did not help their case was that the CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) did not certify the film at one go. It was said that the grounds for this action was that the makers left the application ‘incomplete’. While talking to Hindustan Times, CEO of the Censor Board, Anurag Srivastav, told exactly what the problem was, “The disclaimer had not been mentioned by the makers. We need an official thing from the makers about what your stand on this actually is. Is it based on fiction, or based on historical facts – you have to put it completely. By leaving that out, the document was (deemed) incomplete, because for examination purposes, we need to know what they (makers) are saying.”