I still don t know what they were protesting about Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the Karni Sena withdrawing its protest against Padmaavat

On Saturday, the very-active Karni Sena decided, in all its wisdom, to withdraw its year-long protest against the film Padmaavat. Doing a 360-degree turn-around they now say that the film glorifies the Rajput community and that they would now be helping the film get a release in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was understandably circumspect on the issue. I never understood what the protest was all about. I still don t understand. I am just happy that the film has been released and appreciated widely. Of course we d like our film to release in the states where it has been so far not been released. Isn t that the least we can expect after all we ve gone through?

While Bhansali will say no more, a team member close to the film wonders why the Karni Sena suddenly decided to calm down. It s all bizarre. The flare-up, the film industry s silence, the way Padmaavat was hounded, and now this sudden calming down of nerves after the film is released and the bogus pro-Rajput protests have been discredited completely.