New Delhi: In a major relief to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the most controversial film in a recent time Padmavati changed into Padmavat will hit the silver screen on January 25.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial Hindi film Padmavati, which stars Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, will release on January 25 as Padmavat

“It will release as Padmavat on January 25. The film has got U/A certificate,” sources in Viacom18 Motion Pictures told.

Padmavati — now Padmavat — was earlier slated for release on December 1 but got stuck after the Karni Sena claimed that the film distorted historical facts related to the Rajput community.