Mumbai: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi today
said the film industry should boycott the International Film
Festival of India to mark its protest against threats to
filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his "Padmavati" star
Deepika Padukone.
Calling the situation "cultural annihilation", Azmi
criticised Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani
for her silence on the issue.