~ FAWAD KHAN AT 37 ~The New Age Khan - Page 76

After a lot of speculation and rumors, the actor who'll play the role of Deepika Padukone's husband in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati has been finalised. And it's none other than Fawad Khan!

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Deepika and Fawad, who recently walked the ramp for a Manish Malhotra fashion show turned heads for all the right reasons. Both of them looked perfect together.

Reports earlier had claimed that actors like Vicky Kaushal, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Ali Zafar were approached, but everyone turned the role down because they believed Ranveer Singh's presence will overshadow them.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, will be based on the life of the Rani of Chittor in Rajasthan and how Sultan Alauddin Khilji's (Ranveer Singh) gets obsessed with her. Since the film will focus more on Sultan Alauddin Khilji's obsession and how he wins Rani's heart, her husband might get sidelined in the film and that's the reason many turned down the role.

A report in Bollywoodlife claims that an industry insider revealed, "Since Ranveer is playing the Sultan, the role of Rawal Singh also has to be of his takkar. Otherwise, the story won't work."

Deepika, who will be seen as the Rani of Chittor will be seen romancing her husband Rawal Ratan Singh AKA Fawad Khan. After a long hunt, Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's search ended at Pakistani actor Fawad Khan who was last seen in Karan Johar's multi-starer film Kapoor & Sons. A source told media,

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"Bhansali wants 200 days from all his lead actors, including Ranveer Singh (plays Alauddin Khilji) and Deepika (Padmavati). Fawad has those days to spare. In between, he has Karan Johar's production, but it should not be a problem as KJo and Bhansali share a good equation. So they will work it out. It's too big an offer for Fawad to pass up. The first schedule is with Deepika and her husband's character. The scenes between Deepika and Ranveer are being shot separately as they never meet in the film. Initially, a TV actor was to be signed, but Deepika put her foot down. A random actor from television won't do for her. While she has no scenes with Ranveer, she shares some intense romantic and lovemaking scenes with her husband, so she wants a big star as her hero."

Another interesting thing to observe here is that this film has a story which is looks like a complete gender reversal of what we saw in Bajirao Mastani.

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In Bajirao Mastani, we saw Deepika AKA Mastani being the second muse to Bajirao, who already had a wife (Kashibai) and here we'll get to see Ranveer being the second muse in Deepika's life who already has a husband. Now, this will be interesting!