{"id":40051,"date":"2015-11-24T18:50:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40051"},"modified":"2015-11-25T03:15:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T21:45:15","slug":"plea-seeks-ban-on-bajirao-mastani-for-distorting-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-seeks-ban-on-bajirao-mastani-for-distorting-history","title":{"rendered":"Plea seeks ban on &#8220;Bajirao Mastani&#8221; for &#8220;distorting&#8221; history"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37805\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/4-years-jail-to-24-year-old-youth-for-stabbing-man\/jail-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"281,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?resize=281%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Plea seeks ban on &quot;Bajirao Mastani&quot; for &quot;distorting&quot; history\" width=\"281\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plea seeks ban on &#8220;Bajirao Mastani&#8221; for &#8220;distorting&#8221; history<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A petition has been filed in a Pune court seeking a ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansalis upcoming film &#8220;Bajirao Mastani&#8221;, alleging that it has distorted history relating to late king Shrimant Bajirao Peshwe and his family members.<\/p>\n<p>The case will come up for hearing on November 26 before Pune Metropolitan Magistrate S S Bhule, according to advocate Wajid Khan, who appeared on behalf of Hemant Patil, president of NGO- Bharat against Corruption, who has filed the plea.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, filed yesterday, alleged that historical facts had been wrongly portrayed in the film while showing late king Bajirao Peshwe and his wives Kashibai and Mastani.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Pinga&#8221; song in the film shows leading heroines Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukonedancing together, which, the petitioner said &#8220;distorts&#8221; history.<\/p>\n<p>Pinga dance is an integral part of Marathi culture and has been portrayed as an item song in the film, the petition alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Bhansali, Chopra and Padukone have been named as respondents.<\/p>\n<p>The court will hear the sides on November 26 to decide on issuing notices to the respondents.<\/p>\n<p>The Magistrate has allowed the petitioners plea on the point of jurisdiction of the Magistrate court in Pune to hear the matter, said Wajid Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Prasadrao Peshwe, the descendant of Bajirao Peshwa I, had also alleged that historical facts have been &#8220;altered&#8221; while portraying the late king and his wives in the film.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis yesterday, Prasadrao has demanded that the government look into the matter, review the soon-to-be-released film, investigate the matter and take a decision accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>The film is set for release on December 18.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition has been filed in a Pune court seeking a ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansalis upcoming film &#8220;Bajirao Mastani&#8221;, alleging that it has distorted history relating to late king Shrimant Bajirao Peshwe and his family members. 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