Padmavati row: Nana Patekar slams death threats to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Deepika Padukone

New Delhi: Amid row over Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus 'Padmavati', the director along with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi are most likely to appear before a parliamentary panel in order to discuss the controversy surrounding the period drama.

Fringe groups are against the release of this film, demanding a nation-wide ban over allegations on the filmmaker of 'distorting historical facts'. Ironically, none of the members protesting against the venture has watched the film.

Veteran Bollywood actor Nana Patekar slammed the death threats posed to lead actress Deepika Padukone and Bhansali. He told ANI, “Issuing death threats to Deepika Padukone & Sanjay Leela Bhansali is wrong.”

Also, he added, “Why does controversy happen in his films? I don't know how the characters are portrayed as of now, I can tell this to Sanjay (Bhansali) only after watching the film.”

Meanwhile, the 30-member parliamentary panel on IT has also asked the producers of the movie and officials of the information and broadcasting ministry to attend the meeting and brief it on the furore related to the film, reports PTI.

"The panel has asked Mr Bhansali and Mr Joshi to appear before it and present their views on the movie. They can present their case before the panel. The members have also decided to call the producers of the movie," chairman of the panel Anurag Thakur told PTI on November 28.

'Padmavati' stars Deepika, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in the lead. Earlier, the film was scheduled to hit the screens on December 1, 2017 but got deferred as CBFC is yet to issue clearance certificate to the film.