Padmaavat

film by Bhansali [2018]

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Padmaavat is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language period drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, Shahid Kapoor as her husband King Ratan Singh, and Ranveer Singh as Ala al-Din Khalji, the sultan of Delhi. Padukone is known for her roles in successful Bollywood films, and Padmaavat is among them. The movie is a historical drama that focuses on the characters of Padmavati, Ratan Singh, and Ala al-Din Khalji.12

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Shahid Kapoor
Padmaavat, Kabir Singh, and later work
…in director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat opposite Deepika Padukone as Ratan Singh’s queen Padmavati and Ranveer Singh as Ala al-Din Khalji, sultan of Delhi. Padmaavat was fiercely opposed by fringe groups for its presentation of an episode from Rajput history, the historical veracity of which is contested. The film depicts…
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…in director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat opposite Deepika Padukone as Ratan Singh’s queen Padmavati and Ranveer Singh as Ala al-Din Khalji, sultan of Delhi. Padmaavat was fiercely opposed by fringe groups for its presentation of an episode from Rajput history, the historical veracity of which is contested. The film depicts…
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Deepika Padukone
Model, actress, and producer
In the historical Bollywood drama Padmaavat (2018), Padukone appeared as Padmavati, a Rajput queen. Ranveer Singh played ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Khaljī (Alauddin Khalji), a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, and Shahid Kapoor appeared as Padmavati’s husband, Ratan Singh. Although some characters portrayed in Padmaavat are based on historical figures, the movie’s…
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In the historical Bollywood drama Padmaavat (2018), Padukone appeared as Padmavati, a Rajput queen. Ranveer Singh played ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Khaljī (Alauddin Khalji), a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, and Shahid Kapoor appeared as Padmavati’s husband, Ratan Singh. Although some characters portrayed in Padmaavat are based on historical figures, the movie’s…
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Ranveer Singh
Later career
… in the historical drama film Padmaavat. He also appeared in the hit action drama Simmba, as Sangram “Simmba” Bhalerao, an unscrupulous police inspector who eventually reforms. Simmba is set in a cinematic universe, known as the “cop universe,” created by director Rohit Shetty; the universe includes other productions centering on…
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… in the historical drama film Padmaavat. He also appeared in the hit action drama Simmba, as Sangram “Simmba” Bhalerao, an unscrupulous police inspector who eventually reforms. Simmba is set in a cinematic universe, known as the “cop universe,” created by director Rohit Shetty; the universe includes other productions centering on…
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