“Today was just a warning to stop screening of the movie,” said Vijay Singh Bharadwaj, spokesman and media-in-charge of VHP, Punjab. Accusing Bollywood of following the dictates of mafia, the supporters vowed to use any means to stop further screening of the movie.

Arvind Thakur, chairperson of Akhil Bhartiya Rajput Adhivakta Sangh, rued that by projecting the fictitious Jodha- Akbar affair in the movie, movie makers had hurt the sentiments of the Rajput community. He said a legal notice had been served to director Ashutosh Gawarkar and producer Ronnie Screwala as well as the Censor Board.

The protest, however, didn’t seem to leave any palpable effect on the viewers, as about 350 tickets were sold at the first show in the morning, and the afternoon show was a house full.

“The movie was fantastic; we didn’t find glorification of any one community at the expense of another,” said Jatin, along with four of his friends from NIIFT, Mohali.

Satish Choudhary, a retired government official also couldn’t find anything in the movie that would flare up communal sentiments. Monica, another government servant said, “I am not aware of any dispute but so far as the movie is concerned it has nothing objectionable or communal in it.”