Padmavati and Khilji will never have a scene, dream or song together: Team Bhansali
Mumbai: After the Jaigarh Fort havoc over Rani Padmini (better known as Padmavati) being allegedly portrayed in bad light in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s (SLB) magnum opus ‘Padmavati’, the Director’s team has clarified in a series of tweets that the characters of tyrant Alauddin Khilji (Ranveer Singh) and Rani Padmavati (Deepika Padukone) have no scenes together.
The team has assured that SLB holds Rani Padmavati in high regard and will never hurt the sentiments of Rajput or do anything that tarnishes the Princess’s reputation.
One of the tweets by Bhansali Productions reads: Repeating. #SanjayLeelaBhansali revers #RaniPadmavati and will NEVER do anything to hurt #Rajput sentiments. Do not believe otherwise
The team has repeatedly clarified that the characters of Rani Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji will not cross paths even for one scene and that there are no dream sequences or dance numbers between them.
“Repeating. There NEVER was and never will be any scene or dream or song between #RaniPadmavati and #AlauddinKhilji in #Padmavati.”
“Anyone working on #Padmavati will confirm that there NEVER was any scene or dream between #RaniPadmavati and #AlauddinKhilji @ShobhaIyerSant.”
In addition to that, the official Twitter handle of Bhansali Productions ( currently named Padmavati) has also urged the fans of all the actors involved in the film – Shahid Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari and Deepika Padukone – to spread the word with the hashtag ‘#NoSceneBetweenRaniPadmavatiAndAlauddinKhilji’.
A couple of weeks back, SLB was shooting with the secondary cast of ‘Padmavati’ at Jaigarh Fort in Jaipur when a group of activists from Karni Sena, a local organisation, vandalised the set alleging the Director of distorting historical facts and portraying Rani Padmavati in poor light. SLB was also beaten up by the activists.
Following the attack, Bollywood stood in complete solidarity with the ace Director.
In the film, Shahid Kapoor plays Raja Ratan Rawal Singh while Aditi Rao Hydari will don the role of Alauddin Khilji’s wife Kamla Devi.
