Art works that caused riots

1988 novel by Salman Rushdie

1915 film directed by D. W. Griffith

ballet music by Igor Stravinsky, composed for the ballet of the same title by Vaslav Nijinsky

2012 film by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula

1845 opera by Richard Wagner

2008 film by Ashutosh Gowariker

1930 film directed by Luis Buñuel

Padmaavat is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language epic historical drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Sinhalese-born Rajput queen known for her beauty, wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh, played by Shahid Kapoor. Sultan Alauddin Khilji, played by Ranveer Singh, hears of her beauty and attacks her kingdom to enslave her. Aditi Rao Hydari, Jim Sarbh, Raza Murad, and Anupriya Goenka are featured in supporting roles.

1895 play by Alfred Jarry

2005 film by Deepa Mehta

2023 Indian film by Siddharth Anand

1996 film by Deepa Mehta

2006 film by Kunal Kohli

opera by Daniel Auber

2010 film directed by Anil Sharma

2022 film directed by Vivek Agnihotri

2001 film by Anil Sharma

2010 Tamil film directed by Mani Ratnam

play by J. M. Synge

Adipurush () is a 2023 Indian mythological action film inspired by the Hindu epic Ramayana. The film is directed and co-written by Om Raut, and produced by T-Series and Retrophiles. Produced in Bollywood, the film was shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu. The film features Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon, Sunny Singh, and Devdutta Nage.

1975 single by Donna Summer

Vishwaroopam (titled Vishwaroop in Hindi; ) is a 2013 Indian action spy film co-written, directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also stars in the lead role. The film also stars Rahul Bose, Shekhar Kapur, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Nassar and Jaideep Ahlawat in supporting roles. The film was shot simultaneously in both Tamil and Hindi.

2009 film by Nikhil Advani

2013 film by Shoojit Sircar

1951 film by Willi Forst

1968 film by Alejandro Jodorowsky

Ghulami () is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by J. P. Dutta (in his directorial debut). The film features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Reena Roy, Anita Raj, Raza Murad and Om Shivpuri. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Gulzar and the music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal, who would go on to collaborate with Dutta in all his films until Kshatriya (1993). It was shot at Fatehpur, Rajasthan. Amitabh Bachchan narrated the film.

2024 Indian film

former public statue in Charlottesville, Virginia

Controversial 2025 Indian film

2005 film by Rahul Rawail

Five Orchestral Songs by Alban Berg

1992 film by Anand Patwardhan