Ranveer Singh to Play a Bisexual Aladdin Khilji In 'Padmavati'? DTNpg9

All the controversy surrounding the depiction of Rani Padmavati and her alleged romance with Alauddin Khilji has now died down. The makers of the film have clarified that there will be "no romantic scene or song or dream sequence between Rani Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji, but what's interesting is that according to reports, Alauddin Khilji, played by Ranveer Singh, will be shown as bisexual.

What we know is that Deepika as Rani Padmavati and Shahid as Raja Rawal Ratan Singh are paired opposite each other in the historical while Aditya Rao Hydari is signed on to play one of Alauddin Khilji's many wives in the film.

So while Padmavati will show Alauddin Khilji's fascination for Rani Padmavati, it will also hint at a relationship between Khilji and his slave-general Malik Kafur. The role of Malik Kafur is being played by Jim Sarbh, who shot to fame with Neerja and was last seen in Raabta.

When the controversy around the depiction of Rani Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji's relationship in the film first made headlines, a few media platforms had questioned if Bhansali was ignoring the more fascinating relationship - that between Khilji and Kafur. From these reports, we guess Bhansali has addressed that too.

How many interested in watching relationship of Khilji and Kafur ?

ME...

Originally posted by: bashful_moon

ME...

Not for anyone else but just for Jim Sarbh... It will be interesting to watch him..

I am having a feeling that he will be the one stealing the show with his nuanced acting..

I feel the same.

Originally posted by: TheLastOutlaw

I feel the same.

How many mainstream actors do we have in this movie? Gosh! Good luck to the Editing team.

Originally posted by: Ranbirrocks

Me too for Jimmy. I hope he has a good role.

This is something that's gonna be very interesting in the film, rs even mentioned that we will see this in the movie, so we will see hints of khilji's feelings for Malik kafur, I don't think it will be an all out romance scene coz slb wudnt wanna make the Indian audience angry again lol, but we will see the relationship in the film

Originally posted by: zara321

This is something that's gonna be very interesting in the film, rs even mentioned that we will see this in the movie, so we will see hints of khilji's feelings for Malik kafur, I don't think it will be an all out romance scene coz slb wudnt wanna make the Indian audience angry again lol, but we will see the relationship in the film

Jim has said he has loved working with ranveer in the movie :)

Originally posted by: 09tanki

Indian audience will not appreciate onscreen relationship between the two character, unless its shown in a funny way, which i doubt will happen, so it will end up with another controversy

The most interesting bits about this film are the Kamala-Khilji & Khilji-Kafur relationships in particular! You can make whole films out of them ESP the Kafur one. I wish SLB wouldn't just hint but go all the way but I doubt it otherwise this time they'll murder him. It is impressive though how he didn't let this bog him down. He should do more than hint at it though.


Also so many people are bisexual, how on Earth is this even scandalous. Most of the Sultans & lots of nobility/royalty back then were because no-one had these puritanical ideas related to sex & sexuality. So many people even today are & in fact there is far more conservative thinking today then there ever was then.