The Karni Sena leaves no boundaries especially when it comes to stirring controversies around historical movies. 

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film, Prithviraj is now facing major backlash by the Karni Sena. 

The movie is based on the life of the legendary king Prithviraj Chauhan and the Rajput organisation has now raised an objection to the title of the movie.

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We all know that Sanjay Leela's previous movie Padmaavat too faced the same issue and was renamed from Padmavati to Padmaavat. 

Filmmaker and the President of the Youth Wing of the Karni Sena said, “How can they keep the title of the film as just ‘Prithviraj’ when the film is based on the great Prithviraj Chauhan? We want the title to be changed to his full name and give respect to him.”

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Singh further added that the movie would face a similar backlash like Padmaavat if their decision is denied. 

He said "If they don’t listen to our advice they will have to face the consequences. What happened to Sanjay Leela Bhansali during Padmaavat, the makers of this film will have to be prepared for it, too,”

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Back in 2016, the outfit started questioning the movie Padmaavat at the time of its shoot. 

In fact, they destroyed the set of the movie and had assaulted Bhansali as well. Both Deepika and the filmmaker received several death threats from them. 

The movie finally changed the title and that's when Karni Sena ended the protest against the movie.

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Prithviraj's cast includes Akshay Kumar who will enact the role of a legendary warrior, Prithviraj. 

Manushi Chhillar would mark her debut in Bollywood as she essays the role of Sanyogita. 

Akshay announced the project in 2019 and with a tweet said, “Elated to share about my 1st historical film on my birthday. Humbled to have the opportunity to play a hero I look up to for his valour and values - Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan in one of my biggest films ‘Prithviraj’.”

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Talking about the movie in one of the interviews, director Chandraprakash Dwivedi said, "Prithviraj is also based mainly on medieval literature, an epic called Prithviraj Raso by the great poet Chand Bardai." 

He further added "Apart from a couple of versions of Raso, there are many other literary works on Prithviraj, his life, and times. In addition to these, there are commentaries on Raso."

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