New Delhi: Karni Sena National president Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi was killed in broad daylight by unknown gunmen at present in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. According to studies, unidentified intruders fired at Gogamedi and his gunman Narendra at his home. Karni Sena has at all times been within the information for numerous controversies.
In the tumultuous world of Bollywood, one identify has persistently echoed via the corridors of controversy – Karni Sena. This socio-cultural group, identified for its vehement protests, has repeatedly thrust itself into the limelight by vehemently opposing numerous Bollywood releases.
Here are among the Bollywood motion pictures that confronted extreme protests by Karni Sena:
Padmaavat
The Karni Sena mentioned that Bhansali’s “Padmavati” depicted a Rajput queen in an unfavourable means, which sparked vital controversy in 2017. During filming, Bhansali was attacked and the film’s units had been vandalised. Actress Deepika Padukone was as soon as threatened with demise and had a bounty positioned on her head because of a hearsay that the film featured a romantic scene involving Padmavati and Allauddin Khilji. The director labored arduous to refute the hearsay. The film was retitled “Padmaavat” and ultimately launched in January 2018.
Tandav
Chief of the Maharashtra Karni Sena, Ajay Sengar, took challenge with the net collection Tandav on Amazon Prime. Sengar said {that a} reward of Rs. 1 crore could be given to anybody who would minimize the tongue of somebody insulting Hindu gods. The scene in the course of the row featured Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub portraying the Hindu god Mahadev in a theatre manufacturing whereas he was a school scholar named Shiva.
Laxmii
Karni Sena served a authorized discover to the movie’s producers. The Sena said of their announcement that the film’s title is “derogatory and offensive” to Goddess Laxmi and that it’s giving the general public the “wrong message” concerning the “ideology, customs, gods, and goddesses of Hindu religion.” Even extra, the Hindu Sena demanded in a letter to Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, that the movie’s manufacturing crew face the suitable penalties. As a outcome, Laxmmi Bomb needed to be modified to Laxmii by the creators.
Manikarnika
Karni Sena protests in opposition to Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika
Because they thought Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika depicted a romance between Laxmibai and a British officer, the Karni Sena was likewise offended by the film. They additional asserted that it was in opposition to their custom for the queen to be seen dancing within the film to a selected music.
Jodha Akbar
The group gained notoriety in 2008 after staging a protest in opposition to Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodha Akbar. Because of how widespread the protests had turn out to be, no theatre would conform to display screen the film, and Jodha Akbar was ultimately not launched in Rajasthan. The group had claimed that Jodha was not Akbar’s spouse and that there was “blatant distortion of history” within the film.
Veer
Amidst the discharge of Veer, Salman Khan posters had been set ablaze by Karni Sena activists in Udaipur. They mentioned that among the film’s scenes denigrated their neighborhood. They even induced injury to some theatres that had been exhibiting the film.
