Ranveer's
Character
To
Be
Bisexual
While
it
is
known
that
the
Befikre
actor
is
playing
the
role
of
shrewd
yet
powerful
Alauddin
Khilji,
buzz
is
that
Bhansali
also
plans
to
explore
Khilji's
fascination
and
attraction
to
his
slave-general
Malik
Kafur.
Ranveer
Is
All
Game
For
It
Earlier
when
quizzed
about
taking
up
such
a
role,
Ranveer
had
said
in
a
podcast
that
if
the
script
demands
he
would
not
mind
playing
such
roles
but
for
that
to
happen
it
really
needs
to
be
special
to
him.
Who
Was
Malik
Kafur?
According
to
some
historical
facts,
Alauddin
Khilji
has
been
described
as
a
bisexual.
The
famous
historian
Devdatt
Patnaik
had
once
written
that
Khilji
bought
a
boy
from
Gujarat
in
thousands
of
gold
coin
and
it
was
tthis
boy
who
grew
up
to
become
the
dangerous
general
Malik
Kafur.
Jim
Sarbh
To
Essay
This
Role
Reportedly,
Jim
Sarbh
who
was
last
seen
in
Sushant
Singh
Rajput-
Kriti
Sanon
starrer
Raabta
has
been
roped
in
to
play
Malik
Kafur.
What's
In
Store
An
Indiatimes.com
report
quoted
a
source
as
saying,
"Khilji
will
be
shown
having
feelings
for
Kafur
and
Bhansali
has
shot
these
scenes
in
a
subtle
manner
so
as
not
to
hurt
anybody's
sentiments."
Playing
Khilji
Was
Like
A
Therapy
For
Ranveer
Ranveer
was
quoted
as
saying
to
a
leading
daily,
"It
was
a
very
difficult
character
to
play.
I
am
a
people
pleaser,
admittedly.
I
like
to
spread
cheer
and
laughter.
I
like
to
keep
the
atmosphere
light
-
even
if
it
means
making
stupid
jokes
and
acting
silly
and
crass.
But,
when
I
became
Alauddin
Khilji
for
the
movie,
there's
no
trace
of
that
person.
Some
actors
are
that
way,
where
the
external
starts
to
affect
the
internal.
At
some
point
during
filming,
everybody
realized
that
at
one
point
in
the
morning
you'll
have
Ranveer
and
the
rest
of
the
day
will
be
Khilji.
My
whole
energy
changed.
Which
is
good,
because
at
least
I
know
I'm
doing
an
honest
job
in
the
film.
But,
yeah,
I'm
almost
done
now
and
I
have
to
say
what
I
told
myself
holds
true
to
some
extent.
All
the
darkness
has
been
lived
out,
it's
been
addressed.
It's
almost
like
therapy."
He
Is
Playing
An
Antagonist
For
The
First
Time
Padmavati
has
Ranveer
Singh
playing
a
negative
character
for
the
first
time.
He
plays
Khilji
who
is
obssessed
with
Rani
Padmavati's
beauty.
Shahid
Kapoor
essays
the
role
of
Raja
Ratan
Rawal.