~Padmavati Updates thread~ - Page 39

Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor will be sharing the screen for the first time ever in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati. Both the actors are leaving no stone unturned to give their best. Right now they are busy beefing up their HOT BOD for their respective roles. Ranveer will be playing the shrewd yet powerful Moghul Emperor Alauddin Khilji while Shahid will be Rajput King Raja Ratan Rawail Singh. The film will have some intense fight scenes between the Udta Punjab and Befikre actor.

India.com exclusively told you that Ranveer and Shahid's first shot will be their fight scene. And for that, they have been pumping iron and how. Padmavati is surely one of the most awaited films, but now it will be a drool affair too. HOW? Well look their chiseled physiques and you will understand what we are trying to say. (ALSO READ: Ranveer Singh Wore Cheap Underwear Even After Becoming A Movie Star And Arjun Kapoor Asked Him To Stop)

Shahid and Ranveer will be seen in their hottest avatars ever in the film. Especially during the war scenes, they will show off their bare body. Wouldn't that be pleasing to your eyes? Of course yes.

Well if you cannot contain your excitement to watch the film. Then we have a breather as we present to you the collage of their pictures where Ranveer and Shahid showcase their HOT BODS in ganjis and shorts during recent public appearances. Most of their pictures are of them spotted outside gyms or leaving movie theatres. Aren't they drool worthy?

(Pic Courtesy- Yogen Shah)

The film will also have Deepika Padukone who is playing the titular character Padmavati. She will be Shahid's wife in the film and they have shot for some intense romantic scenes as well. But definitely, you will miss the crackling chemistry of Ranveer and Deepika, this time they are not romantically paired in the film. But we are sure Shahid and Deepika's romance will ignite the screen and how.

Rimple and Harpreet Narula, designers for the lead cast of Padmavati, tell Rediff.com's Archana Masih that it will be quite a task to replicate the fragile and elaborate costumes.

Sources from the crew have told us that unidentified people attacked the sets in the wee hours of morning and petrol bombs were thrown.

The damage is humongous, the whole set is burned, nothing could be salvaged.

Luckily, no life has been lost.

I don't know how many costumes were damaged.

Costumes are always present at the venue of the shoot.

Three schedules of the shoot are over, and we have already sent the garments for those.

We are designing costumes for the four lead characters (Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapur, Aditi Rao Hydari) and have provided plenty of costumes which are prepared well in advance.

These costumes are very fragile.

We have created them from a lot of research and it will be quite a task to replicate them.

Some of them are antique pieces and irreplaceable. These are not regular costumes that can be made overnight.

The fabrics we used are old textiles that we collected over time. There were no power looms and only hand embroidery in those days.

So a lot of detailed embroidery has gone into making them look from the era the characters lived in.

We have been working on the costumes for eight, nine months.

After getting a brief from Mr Bhansali (director Sanjay Leela Bhansali) we visited a few museums, collected information from photographs, books and spoke to historians.

Our last creation was based on the royalty of India and before that we had done a collection on the Uzbeki belt -- from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan.

We collected material from antique markets.

For the Rajasthani costumes, we have used vegetable dyes and picked up motifs and colours prevalent at that time.

We have made 40 odd costumes for the character of Padmavati.

The movie flows from one part to another. A long time goes into research and takes about 15 days of man hours to make a light ghagra and 2 to 3 months for a heavy costume.

Mr Bhansali has a vast knowledge of textiles. He has worked with so many designers in the past that there is lots to learn from him. We have worked in tandem with what he is looking for.

We received a call from his office that he would like to see us. We were nervous and went prepared to meet him.

Mr Bhansali was amazing. It is our first movie and he made sure we met each of the stars.

We were introduced to them and they are all amazing to work with.

Since costumes are very elaborate, he likes us to be on location when a new scene is set so that it is worn exactly the way it has been envisioned.

The violence is very unfortunate. Mr Bhansali has already said so many times that there is no such dream sequence.

He has delivered such amazing cinema. It is very sad that someone like him is attacked.

He is a very strong man and I am sure he will bounce back.