Oh Lord!

Ahead of the release of Padmaavat, the leading lady of the controversial film, Deepika Padukone, visited Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai to seek blessings. The film created a furore for alleged distortion of history. Deepika and the film’s director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, even received death threats!

The actress visited the temple amid heavy police security. The Supreme Court, last week, paved the way for all-India release of Padmaavat by staying notifications issued by the Rajasthan and Gujarat governments prohibiting exhibition of the film on the ground of law and order.

However, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh had filed a plea seeking modification in the top court’s order. The SC has now refused to modify its earlier order, which had cleared the decks for the nationwide release of the magnum opus, saying people must understand that orders of the apex court have to be “abided with”. — PTI