Padmavati Film Controversy | Mufti Abu Layth

There was those of you who remember this, there's a movie, a Bollywood movie called Padmaavat. And it was had uh Ranveer Singh in it. And and it was to do with Alauddin Khilji, a historical figure. It was very dramatized, and it wasn't actually based on uh that much accuracy of history. But it's about a Muslim sultan in the past who kind of takes over a huge part of India, and he becomes obsessed with the beauty of this woman called Padmavati.

Now, the thing is that this woman, this Some people say that this whole thing is fictitious and didn't even really exist. But nevertheless, bef- According to this narration, before he can obtain her, she commits suicide. She kind of burns herself to death as an act of honor. So, in this movie, which is which is made by non-Muslims, this movie is made by Hindus.

It's enacted by Hindus. So, you've got Ranveer, you've got the the female actress was Deepika, who's a very popular Bollywood actress. She's not a Muslim, she's a Hindu. So, there was allegedly was leaked that there is a scene in this movie before it was released that there was a scene in a st- There was a song. And in that song, this guy, Ranveer, who's playing Khilji, Alauddin Khilji, is being very intimate with uh Deepika, who's playing this Padmavati, this this this princess, Indi- Indian princess.

Now, this is meant to be in a dream, like so they're having some dream and there was some intim- intimacy. Now, nobody's seen this because this was never released, but a rumor was leaked. Now, not only did the right-wing Indian movements ban this movie, they they blocked it from being released. They burned down the the kind of cinema promotions and things like this.

They actually put a price on Deepik this actress. They put a price on her head. Like I don't know how many uh hundred thousands, whatever, will be given as a reward to anybody who brings her head. I mean, what the hell? She like first of all, I don't know whether this scene existed in this movie, but even if it did, it's a movie for God's sake.

And she's just the actress. But they said that how dare you play an Indian princess who kind of becomes intimate with this Muslim sultan of the past, that we WANT YOUR HEAD. THAT'S HOW crazy some of these people are. So, she actually was living in I think immense fear for something like about a year.

Then they had to re they had to edit that movie. They had to change the title of the movie. And then they got it released a year later. So, I think when people say things like Priyanka Chopra or these people, why are they not critical? The truth is neither would you be, neither would I be. If you lived in India, you don't have a voice when it comes to politics.

You can just speak about good things, but you can't really criticize anything. It's become a bit of a a kind of totalitarian state, unfortunately. So, um So, yeah. So, Frowdy Frobbery said she can have my head in replace. I'm not so sure your head on Deepika would look just as good.

Right. So, that's uh So, that's some of these things. So, So, I mean, freedoms are something we take for granted, actually, especially in this part of the world. And it just goes to show what an amazing gift it is to be able to speak your mind. Allah, may God preserve our rights of freedom. Amen.