Is the 'Bajirao Mastani' controversy inadvertently helping the film?

After getting an open letter from Peshwa Bajirao's descendant, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Bajirao Mastani has landed into another controversy. History purists are now trying to get the flick banned, but if we take a closer look to these back-to-back dramas, they are just helping in the film's promotion.

Letters written to the filmmaker as well as the one written to Maharashtra's Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, have also been shared on the page.

Prior to this, Bajirao's kin, Mohini Karkarey, wrote an open letter to Bhansali claiming that he should have researched before filming the song 'Pinga' as Kashbai, whose character is being played by Priyanka Chopra, wouldn't have danced like this because firstly, she wasn't in the best of her health and secondly, it was not in their culture.

She also wrote in the open letter that Kashibai and Mastani met only once in their lifetime that too formally. Though, the director himself did not respond to the controversy, Priyanka commented on it during the trailer launch of the flick.

The 33-year-old actress said that this film is based on a book called 'Rao,' which narrates the author's version of Bajirao-Mastani's love story and it should not be taken otherwise.