Padmaavat (2018)

January 25, 2018 (IN) • Drama, History, Romance • 163m

Overview

Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.

Director

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Writers

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prakash R. Kapadia, Prakash R. Kapadia, Malik Muhammad Jayasi

Top Billed

Deepika Padukone

Keywords

husband wife relationship obsession queen delhi, india afghanistan sultan musical romance honor king battle period drama fortress based on song, poem or rhyme medieval mongol history of india 13th century ancient india mewar, india

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Top Billed Cast

Deepika Padukone

Queen Padmavati

Shahid Kapoor

Maharaja Ratan Singh

Ranveer Singh

Sultan Alauddin Khilji

Jim Sarbh

Malik Kafur

Aayam Mehta

Raghav Chetan

Ujjwal Chopra

Gora Singh

Raza Murad

Sultan Jalaluddin Khilji

Aditi Rao Hydari

Mehrunissa

Anupriya Goenka

Nagmati

Padmavati Rao

Kunwar Baisa

Ashwin Dhar

Ulugh Khan

Veena Mehta

Suraj Baisa

Vibhav Roy

Itaat Khan

Muzzamil Bhavani

Amir Khusro

Deepak Shreemali

Badal Singh

Manish Wadhwa

Gandharvasen

Hriiday Malhotra

Sujaan Singh

Sharhaan Singh

Vijaydaan Singh

Lankesh Bhardwaj

Tribhuvan Pal

Komal Chhabria

Jalaluddin's Wife

Qutee Negpal

Shanze

Ali Quli Mirza

Jalal's Darbar Musician #1

Chintoo Singh Vasir

Jalal's Darbar Musician #2

Mayank Kathak

Jalal's Darbar Musician #3

Gulshan Walia

Head Monk

Saar Kashyap

Wardhan

Daljeet Sean Singh

Shareef Pasha

Nazir Hussian

Mongol Chief

Swaroop Khan

Rajput Musician

Meena Mehta

Jalal's Darbar Dancer

Priyanka Pawar

Chittai

Rohit Choudhary

Ikhtiyaar

Aslam Anwar

Jalal's Minister #1

Akshay Sharma

Jalal's Minister #2

Anuj Sharma

Khilji Messenger

Mohammad Sakir

Mohammad

Mursaleem Qureshi

Mursaleen

Deepak Sharma

Wrestler #1

Gopal Thakur

Wrestler #2

Aneesha Joshi

Dancer Binte Dil

Farhan Siddique

Ashfaq

Ayaz Khan

Hakeem

Anuj Khurana

Bijuriya

Sanjeev Sharma

Hajuriya

Alisha Soni

Rajput Maid

Arvinder Shagmer Gill

Tejveer

Mona Shetty

Herself - Narrator (voice)

Crew

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Director

Saraswathi Menon

Assistant Director

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Original Music Composer

Shruti Mahajan

Casting

Shobha Sant

Producer

Chetan Deolekar

Associate Producer

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Screenplay

Sudeep Chatterjee

Director of Photography

Arvinder Gill

Executive Producer

Rajesh Pandey

Editor

Kruti Mahesh Midya

Choreographer

Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee

Sound Designer

Chandrakant Sonawane

Costume Designer

Sanchit Balhara

Original Music Composer

Sudhanshu Vats

Producer

Ankit Balhara

Original Music Composer

Amber Lall

Second Unit Director

Shakti Mohan

Choreographer

Maxima Basu

Costume Designer

Jyothi D. Tommaar

Choreographer

Mahesh Limaye

Second Unit Director of Photography

Prakash R. Kapadia

Screenplay

Amit Ray

Production Design

Mohan Bangera

Supervising Producer

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Producer

Harpreet Narula

Costume Designer

A. M. Turaz

Lyricist

Ankit Dand

Graphic Designer

Preetisheel Singh

Makeup & Hair

Preetisheel Singh

Prosthetic Designer

Ajit Andhare

Producer

Shampa Gopikrishna

Choreographer

Prakash R. Kapadia

Dialogue

Ganesh Acharya

Choreographer

Rimple Narula

Costume Designer

Prasad Sutar

Visual Effects Supervisor

Subrata Chakraborty

Production Design

Rakesh Patra

Sound Editor

Pratik Rawal

Executive Producer

Amarjit Barman

Sound Editor

Shijil P. Nair

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dorin Mehta

Assistant Editor

Justin Jose

Atmos Editor

Sham Kaushal

Action Director

Swaroop Khan

Playback Singer

Neeti Mohan

Playback Singer

Shivam Pathak

Playback Singer

Mika Singh

Playback Singer

Shreya Ghoshal

Playback Singer

Shail Hada

Playback Singer

Arijit Singh

Playback Singer

Richa Sharma

Playback Singer

Neha Kakkar

Playback Singer

Shikha Rahi

Script Supervisor

Madhan Karky

Lyricist

Prasen Sharma

Publicist

Shakeel Sultan Beg

Lighting Technician

Prakash R. Kapadia

Story

Ajay Kmr

Costume Design

Malik Muhammad Jayasi

Author

Dilip Rokade

Art Direction

Reviews

viral810

October 8, 2018

Amazing movie and great story line

CinemaSerf

⭐ 7/10

September 6, 2026

The dashing king of Chittor (Shahid Kapoor) has come to visit his friend the King of Sinhala when he finds himself on the wrong end of an arrow during the hunt. That came from the host's daughter "Padmavati" (Deepike Padukone) who fancies she has something of the Demeter to her. "Ratan Singh" survives unscathed; falls hook, line and sinker and before leaving offers her a place in his kingdom as his new queen (despite already having one). Life at their court is uneventful until she catches a priest watching them. "Chetan" (Aayam Mehta) had hitherto been a close confident of the king, but now banished he flees to the court of the Sultan "Alauddin" (Ranveer Singh) who has only recently indulged in some regicide to assume the throne and marry the daughter of the previous incumbent. "Chetan" has something of the Rasputin to him, is a shrewd individual and not only does he manage to save his own life but he suggests that the new Sultan attack the impenetrable fortress of Chittor so he can capture the enigmatic and beautiful "Padmavati". His first attack proves woefully inadequate, and a sort of truce ensues, but with the sly "Alauddin" being prompted from all sides to complete his mission, what chance the lovers can survive his persistent onslaughts? Now I watched this without having much of a clue as to the underlying history, or religious sub-texts, but on face value it seems to be a simple story of good versus evil, akin to something you might have been read at night by Shéhérezade. There is a degree of traditional mysticism woven into the plot and the production design is stylish and almost epic in nature as the stories of love, revenge and betrayal unfold. Politically, I suspect this probably was quite controversial not least because the conclusion includes elements of the practice of sati to it that don't travel well inside India let alone elsewhere, but for inexpert eyes seeking a piece of grand-scale entertainment with some combat scenes that wouldn't have looked out of place in something from Sir Ridley Scott, I found this to be an enjoyable and colourful historical culture-clash in the style of a well-funded, perfectly choreographed, period soap opera.

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Revenue

$81,673,897

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Padmaavat (2018)

Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Prakash R. Kapadia, Prakash R. Kapadia, Malik Muhammad Jayasi

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