Shahid Kapoor‘s upcoming movie titled “Padmavati“, which is an upcoming period-drama. The movie features Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in the lead. The movie is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, jointly produced by Bhansali and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures.
Before its release, the movie has already created a lot of buzz in the Bollywood town, but on this Shahid said that the film did not have anything objectionable and was made with ‘good’ intention. Earlier, when the director of the film was attacked by the certain group of people for alleged distortion of history over the depiction of Queen Padmavati. When asked if certain scenes have been cut post that, Shahid says, “According to me, I have not shot any scene which has been changed. I think there were a lot of presumptions about the film, and people were presuming there were (certain) things in the film. The clarification has been given that those things are not in the film. I hope when people see the film, they realise that the heart of the film and intent of the film is very good.”
Moreover, he said, “This country and the people who live in it, and especially the area we are talking about in the film, will be glorified and shown beautifully. I play a Rajput king and my character, I feel, will be admired by people.”
This is the first time when Shahid Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are working together and Shahid is thrilled to work with the director. While Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in ‘Goliyon ki Rasleela, Ram-Leela’, and ‘Bajirao Mastaani’, Shahid said, “It’s an intense, romantic and a very looked-forward-to film for various reasons. I think it’s a labour of love of Bhansali. I had gone mad on Twitter after watching his last film (‘Bajirao Mastani’), appreciating everyone, and didn’t know I’d be part of his next film.” He added, “It’s awesome to be working with someone whose work I have admired and loved, especially in the recent past. It is a great cast and going to be a huge film. I am really excited, but I want to underplay it, so I am trying to do that right now.”