The endless controversy surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, now renamed Padmaavat. The film attracted fire from fringe Rajput groups, who claim that the film is a distortion of history. The film is based on the poem, Padmavat, written by Sufi poet Muhammad Malik Jayasi, written in the 15th century. It tells the tale of the beautiful Rani Padmini of Chittor, who committed jauhar (self-immolation), to avoid falling into the hands […]