‘Padmavati’ row: Fringe groups cannot take law into their hands, says Chetan Bhagat

Speaking on Padmavati row, author Chetan Bhagat said that we are behaving like a banana republic and fringe cannot take law into their hands and threaten violence. He also said that if the filmmaker has mentioned that it is a fictional story, it should be seen as that and Karni Sena has no mandate to represent a particular community over the film. ‘We have to protect our film industry. ‘Padmavati is one of the keenly awaited films’, Chetan Bhagat said.