Richa Shukla (BOMBAY TIMES; March 17, 2020)

Filmmaker Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s historical drama, titled Prithviraj, has come on the radar of Sri Rajput Karni Sena. Dwivedi is currently shooting for the film in Jaipur’s outskirts. Akshay Kumar is playing the lead role in the movie, which is based on the famous Rajput warrior Prithviraj Chauhan. Akshay shot few scenes before Holi and returned to Mumbai.

The shooting, which is currently taking place in Gopalgarh village in Jamwa Ramgarh tehsil near Jaipur, came to a halt when more than 100 members of Karni Sena reached the set on Saturday afternoon. They were led by Mahipal Singh Makrana, national president of the outfit. Makrana met Dwivedi and demanded to read the script of the film, threatening to stop the shoot otherwise.

Makrana says, “We went to meet Dwivedi to ensure that they don’t put our warrior in a bad light. We don’t want to vandalise the set or cause harm to anyone. We want the makers to share the script with us. We have a panel of experts and historians who will go through the script before the film is shot. Until we are satisfied we will not let the shooting happen — neither in Rajasthan nor in any part of the country. We want to ensure that the makers don’t distort facts for the purpose of entertainment. Dwivedi has assured us (of cooperation) and we will contact them in a day or two.” Though the shooting was stopped for a while, it later resumed.