Film industry unites to condemn attack on director Bhansali in Jaipur

Film industry has come together to condemn the attack on director Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the shooting of his directorial venture "Padmavati" in Jaipur calling it "appalling", "ridiculous" and "mockery of democracy".

Bhansali, was shooting for his new film in Jaipur's Jaigarh Fort, when he was assaulted by activists of a Rajput community group, Karni Sena, who also vandalised the set and celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar, Anruag Kashyap, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Omung Kumar, Sudhir Mishra, Alia Bhatt, Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor took to social media to vent their anger over the incident.

"Thoughts of what has



transpired with Sanjay Bhansali today are just not leaving me!! Feeling helpless and angry!! This cannot be our future! Attacking a filmmaker and his right to free voice is no answer. So called historian and moral police! Disgusting!" Johar tweeted.

The filmmaker, who recently faced the ire of a right wing organisation during the released of his film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", said, "No member of our industry should be silent on this matter It's calls for unity and NOT selective indifference."

"We have hit a curve in history where the film industry has to abandon its politics of silence. Silence now will tantamount to betrayal," tweeted Mahesh Bhatt.