Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati is a story of a
long forgotten tale about Rani Padmini. It is believed Maharani Padmini
performed Jauhar in 1303, the year Alauddin Khilji attacked Chittor. For those
who don't aware what 'jauhar' is, it was the act of self-immolation performed
by women of mostly Rajput dynasty to save themselves from being taken as a
mistress by the victor.
In film Padmavati, Deepika will be seen as Rani Padmini.
While Ranveer Singh will be stepping to the shoes of Alauddin Khilji, Shahid
Kapoor will be seen as Maharawal Ratan Singh. Now, as per a report in a famous agency,
Deepika had been working hard for the role and in the process became a little
disturbed.
A source revealed, "It is not easy to play a character
who has to commit suicide, or johar, as it is called. And when one is working
with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, he wants one to feel committed and feel the
character all the time. Sanjay takes his time to shoot every sequence. The
build up to the johar scene and the scene itself was rather elaborate. Deepika
has already spoken about clinical depression previously in her career. Hence,
she does not want to do anything that will take her back to that space."
Earlier, there were hearsays that even Ranveer Singh had to
visit a therapist to get back to ‘normal’. As per a source, “Ranveer has his
friends and family worried. To play Alauddin Khilji, he has been researching
and exploring extreme negativity. To become Khilji, he took the same route as
he did to play Peshwa Bajirao. He locked himself up in his apartment, prepped
and stayed in the headspace for weeks. Getting out of this dark, intimidating
mindset wasn’t easy for him. The film has also been shot for almost a year now,
so sustaining the Khilji persona was very challenging. It affected his
reactions and behavior towards people. Which is why, his friends advised him to
get help in emerging beyond Khilji. He is going to a psychiatrist to get rid of
the Khilji influences.”
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