Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.
Production
Every frame is a museum exhibit with a budget.
Acting
Ranveer Singh's Khilji is unhinged, magnetic, Oscar-snubbed.
Costume
30kg lehengas and eyeliner that could kill a man.
Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Deepika Padukone
Queen Padmavati
Shahid Kapoor
Maharaja Ratan Singh
Ranveer Singh
Sultan Alauddin Khilji
Jim Sarbh
Malik Kafur
Aayam Mehta
Raghav Chetan
Ujjwal Chopra
Gora Singh
Raza Murad
Sultan Jalaluddin Khilji
Aditi Rao Hydari
Mehrunissa
Anupriya Goenka
Nagmati
Padmavati Rao
Kunwar Baisa
Ashwin Dhar
Ulugh Khan
Vibhav Roy
Itaat Khan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film sparked riots and a Supreme Court case; Rajput groups burned buses over imagined scenes that don't exist in the final cut.
Ranveer Singh stayed in character's isolation for weeks, and Jim Sarbh improvised the 'Allahu Akbar' whisper—originally scripted as silence.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
IN
