Maharashtra BJP leader Ram Kadam threatened that his supporters would not allow the movie to be shown in Mumbai theatres. A local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader from Sambhal, Meerut warned that the movie would not be allowed to be screened in theatres as it has “ridiculed Hindu society”.
In his address, Bhagwat said, ‘Hindus neither scare others, nor do they fear others…This is our Bharatiya sanskriti (Indian culture)’. He also said, ‘putting women on the pedestal of a goddess is not sufficient, they must be given equal rights’.