It`s shameful. Ace Indian director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is busy shooting a film titled Padmavati. It`s about a mythological Rajput princess who fought Alauddin Khilji. Claiming to be miffed at the portrayal of Padmavati though nobody has seen the script a squad of goons called Rajput Karni Sena came to the location of the film on January 28, vandalised its sets and assaulted the filmmaker.

This prompted a strong reaction from the film fraternity (Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani, Karan Johar, Sonam Kapoor etc) as they immediately took to social media to condemn the attackers and demand punishment for them. It has to be said that a strange trend is being set in India where instead of disagreeing with a film`s content in a civilized manner by discussing it, people have started to physically hurt the artist community. Opting for an intolerant path, if not rectified, will damage the fabric of society, not just the film industry.