NOT RANVEER, This Actor Was The FIRST CHOICE To Play Padmavati’s Khilji
Sanjay Leela Bhansali had taken Khilji’s role to an actor he has worked with earlier in his career, in a hugely successful film. Who do you think it is?
While everyone
congratulated Ranveer Singh for completing a hat-trick with Sanjay Leela
Bhansali in Padmavati, little did everyone know that it wouldn’t have been
possible had it not been for a certain gentleman.
SpotboyE.com has
learnt that Ranveer Singh was not the first choice to play the role of Khilji
in the controversial movie. 
Ajay Devgn Was The First Choice For The Role Of Alauddin Khilji In Padmavati
The director had
taken the role to an actor he has worked with earlier in his career, in a
hugely successful film. Believe it or not, Ajay Devgn was approached to play
Alauddin Khilji in the Deepika-Ranveer-Shahid starrer. Ajay and SLB have last
worked together in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999).
Bhansali who is
known to be very fond of Ajay Devgn, approached the actor to play the
antagonist Alauddin Khilji In Padmavati. SpotboyE.com has learnt that the
actor-director duo even had two meetings to discuss the role.
Ranveer
Singh In Padmavati As Alauddin Khilji
But, ultimately Ajay excused himself from being part of the historical saga. Reason? Padmavati’s long shoot schedule. Ajay was not keen on investing one full year in the film.
Ranveer Singh came
on board for the part. Ranveer has earlier worked with Bhansali in Bajirao
Mastani (2015) and Ram-Leela (2013).
Ranveer’s lady
love, Deepika plays the beautiful Mallika-e-Chittor Rani Padmini and Ranveer
plays the barbaric invader Alauddin Khilji who is obsessed with her, so much
so, that he sets out to capture her. It is Shahid Kapoor who plays Maharawal
Ratan Singh, Deepika's husband in the film.
Ranveer
Singh, Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Deepika Padukone
Meanwhile,
political groups have been violently protesting against Padmavati for its
'distortion of history’.
As of now, the
film’s release is postponed to February 14, 2018.
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