Bollywood is in chaos after death threats to a female star forced producers to postpone a much-anticipated movie.
Right-wing Hindu groups have become incensed by the film which its rumoured depiction of a romantic dream sequence involving a mythical Hindu queen and an invading Muslim sultan.
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However, the filmmakers have repeatedly denied the movie includes such a scene.
On Sunday, even a member of India's Hindu nationalist ruling party has offered 100 million rupees ($2 million AUS) to anyone who beheads the lead actor, Deepika Padukone, and the director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, according to AP reports.