Shahid flaunts bruised, brave avatar in Padmavati
Mumbai Sep 25 (IANS) Days after actress Deepika Padukone s royal look from "Padmavati" was unveiled the makers of the upcoming film have shared an image of actor Shahid Kapoor who looks every inch of a warrior king in the poster.
Shahid will be seen playing the role of MahaRawal Ratan Singh husband of Deepika s character in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali s directorial.
In the poster shared on Monday morning Shahid whose face is slashed with battle scars is seen sporting a heavy bearded look twirled moustache kohl filled eyes a red tika on his forehead and pearl jewellery adding to his royal look.
Another poster features the actor sporting a bloodied white angarkha standing in battle field holding a sword. In the background several soldiers are seen fighting in the war field.
Sharing the posters Deepika Shahid and actor Ranveer Singh who will be playing the role of Alauddin Khilji tweeted: "Saahas samarthya aur samman ka prateek."
"Padmavati" which will release on December 1 tells the story of Alauddin Khilji the medieval-era Delhi ruler who fell in love with Rajput queen Padmavati.
The movie s shoot went through a lot of difficulties.
In January activists of Shri Rajput Karni Sena had assaulted Bhansali and vandalised the movie s Jaipur set over alleged distortions in the film s script.
After Bhansalimoved the film s shoot to Maharashtra an outdoor set of the historic period drama in Kohlapur was burnt down after two dozen unidentified persons torched it in March.
--IANS
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