Days after the makers formally introduced director Neeraj Yadav’s Ajay Devgn-starrer Chauhaan with an action-packed teaser, the film has run into a brand new controversy with the Kshatriya Parishad coming down closely on the alleged “weaponisation of Rajput historical past and appropriation of Rajput identities”. The organisation has described that such makes an attempt are for “electoral or ideological functions.”
Strongly condemning the makers’ makes an attempt to “acceptable” the Chauhan clan title for “modern communal politics,” the Kshatriya Parishad identified, “Chauhans are a historic Rajput (Kshatriya) lineage whose legacy belongs to historical past, to not partisan campaigns or manufactured media controversies.”
Kshatriya Parishad slams Chauhaan’s teaser
In a press release shared on social media, the organisation known as it “deeply unlucky” that the Rajput id was but once more “being dragged right into a political narrative” which, the Parishad identified, “Rajputs neither initiated nor sought.” The organisation added, “At a time when Rajput voices stay underrepresented in mainstream media and public discourse, invoking a Rajput clan title merely to impress outrage, inflame caste and communal sentiments, or generate political spectacle is each irresponsible and disrespectful.”
Sustaining that such representations spotlight an “ignorance of Indian historical past,” the organisation famous that the Indian subcontinent’s previous “can’t be decreased to simplistic communal binaries.” The Kshatriya Parishad additional listed examples of events when the Afghans and Rajputs fought alongside each other.
“Mahmud Lodi fought beneath the management of Maharana Sanga on the Battle of Khanwa; Hakim Khan Sur commanded a contingent within the military of Maharana Pratap at Haldighati; Farid Khan, who later turned Sher Shah Suri, is historically related to navy service beneath Raja Raisal Shekhawat in his early profession; and Maharaja Vikramaditya Tomar laid down his life combating alongside the Lodi forces within the First Battle of Panipat,” the organisation famous.
“These episodes illustrate that medieval political alliances have been formed by statecraft, loyalty, and navy technique — not by the communal narratives being imposed upon them right this moment,” they stated, including, “Kshatriya Parishad rejects each try to weaponise Rajput historical past or acceptable Rajput identities for electoral or ideological functions. Historic reminiscence should not grow to be a instrument for communal mobilisation. We name upon political actors, filmmakers, and media organisations to have interaction with India’s previous responsibly, respecting historic complexity relatively than exploiting Rajput heritage as bait for divisive political debate.”
We strongly condemn the try by Neeraj Yadav and Ajay Devgn’s upcoming movie Chauhaan to acceptable the Chauhan clan title for modern communal politics.
Rajput historical past just isn’t a political prop. The legacy of the Chauhans belongs to Rajput historical past , to not electoral… pic.twitter.com/nDRRKoikv4
— Kshatriya Parishad (@kshatriya_org) June 29, 2026
The most recent controversy follows the criticisms Chauhaan’s teaser acquired quickly after its launch, as a result of sure dialogues and insinuations in it that many discovered problematic.
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Swara Bhasker tears into ‘pellet gun’ dialogue in Chauhaan teaser
Whereas the promotional video’s depiction of the Kashmir battle largely acquired criticism, many got here down much more ferociously on it for the dialogue that pellet weapons go away solely “minimal injury.” Many, together with actor Swara Bhasker, stepped ahead to sentence the teaser for such remarks, which they discovered insensitive.
Ajay’s voiceover dialogue, “Inform the Pathans, Chauhaan is coming,” additionally confronted huge backlash, with many alleging that the road vilified Muslims usually and was additional worsened by the portrayal of Chauhaan, a Rajput, as coming to provide “solutions.”
Together with a information report on the adversarial results of being attacked with pellet weapons, Swara wrote on social media, “Is that this what you need to glorify Bollywood?! Pellet weapons should not ‘restricted injury,’ they’re a gross human rights violation. And mainstream Kashmiris should not Pathaans. Kuch toh analysis kar liya karo yaar. And lookup Goebbels if you are at it!” She captioned the publish, “The Vivek Agnihotri-fication of Bollywood.”
Produced collectively by Jyoti Deshpande, Aanand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma beneath the banners of Jio Studios and Color Yellow Productions, Chauhaan will hit the screens on October 1, 2027.
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Disclaimer: This text highlights public developments and opinions shared on social media concerning the movie, which haven’t been independently verified and are introduced for informational functions.
