Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat

The Supreme Court this morning cleared Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial period drama, Padmaavat, by suspending the ban orders of six states - Haryana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. A bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud considered the submission of the counsel of Viacom 18 and other producers of the film that the plea be heard urgently as the movie was set for all-India release on January 25.