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    Hindu mobs burn cars, threaten beheadings to block a movie in India

    by Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times Jan 25, 2018 4 minutes

    MUMBAI, India - Even Bollywood's protests are over the top: Hindu mobs burn cars, threaten beheadings to block a movie in India

    Movie producers crave pre-release buzz, but what's happened with the latest Bollywood epic has been excessive.

    A fringe Hindu group vandalized a film set and assaulted the director. They torched cars and pelted a school bus with stones as children cowered behind their seats, and hundreds of members threatened to set themselves on fire. One supporter called for the director and lead actress to be beheaded.

    And all this before the movie was even released.

    "Padmaavat" finally

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