After writer-lyricist, Javed Akhtar, it’s now the turn of veteran actress, Asha Parekh to gush over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial film, ‘Padmaavat’. “Believe me, I haven’t been able to sleep. I am in a trance after watching the film,” she reportedly said after watching the film at a special screening.
She also lashed out at Karni Sena for unleashing a violent protest around the film.””I wonder what the Karni Sena is shouting and raging about! There is nothing against the Rajputs in the film. Bhansali glorifies the community like no other film before. History will remember what Bhansali has achieved in ‘Padmaavat’. History will also remember what we allowed some section to do to him for mistakes that he never made,” she added.
Parekh, however, states that the filmmaker has made one mistake. “Haan ek ghalti unhone zaroor kee (Yes, there is one mistake that he definitely committed). He dared to make a film that can rival ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ in vision and scale,” she reportedly elaborated on it.
The actress, who was once called the ‘sweetheart of the nation’, wishes to turn back the clock just to play a Bhansali heroine. “The work he extracts from his actors… I wish I could become 30 years younger to play a Bhansali heroine. But having said that, I would like to congratulate Deepika Padukone for her performance. “If today I had to make a film on Rani Padmavati, I would cast none other but Deepika,” Parekh reportedly said.
‘Padmaavat’, starring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in the lead, is touted to be one of the costliest films made in Bollywood.
