4. Bajirao Mastani – 2015
Bajirao Mastani featured Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer Singh was SLB’s dream project and it took the ace director 15 years to finally make his dream a reality. However, a petition was filed against the song Pinga. A descendant of Kashibai (Priyanka’s character) had claimed that the late queen suffered from an arthritis-like ailment at a very young age, so it’s not possible that she would have been able to dance with Mastani.
5. Padmaavat – 2018
Sanjay Leela Bhansali faced a whirlwind of controversies for his film Padmaavat. The movie was initially titled Padmaavati and narrated the story of Queen Padmavati and Sultan Alauddin Khilji. The Rajasthani group Karni Sena were outraged at the apparent romantic scene between Padmavati and Khilji. Public threats like Deepika will be beheaded to burning the posters, the commotion went on for weeks!
6. Gangubai Kathiawadi – 2022
Lastly, just a day ahead SLB’s newest release, objection to Gangubai Kathiawadi’s title has arisen at the very last hour, with the movie set for release this Friday (25 Feb). On Wednesday, Supreme Court suggested to SLB that since Gangubai Kathiawadi is embroiled in various pending cases which are seeking to stay the film’s release, the title should be changed. On the other hand, Bombay High Court has already dismissed 3 petitions that were seeking deletion of the words ‘Kamathipura’, ‘Kathiawadi’ and ‘China’ from the movie.
