Deepika Padukone learned Ghoomar for 'Padmaavat'; Know how other actors prepared for film

Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh starrer Padmaavat is based on history of Rajasthan’s ble King Ratan Singh and his queen Padmavati, Queen of Mewar. historical drama helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali was a great success at box-office. Take a look at Padmaavat's cast preparation for blockbuster film. 

In film, Deepika Padukone performed Ghoomar, which is a traditional dance of Rajasthani communities. Bajirao Mastani actor learned dance form especially for dance song, Ghoomar. Reportedly, Deepika Padukone was trained by a Rajasthani dance teacher Jyoti D Tommar, on a regular basis for twelve days, three hours a day for song. 

She did over sixty-six twirls during shooting of song Ghoomar. Ar interesting trivia is that Deepika Padukone’s lehengas in film that were designed by Rimple Narula were approximately worth Rs.2 crores and weighed 30 kg.

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Padmaavat was Shahid Kapoor's first collaboration with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. For role of Raja Rawal Ratan Singh, Hrithik Roshan and Fawad Khan were reportedly considered before him. In an older interview, Kabir Singh star revealed that it had been one of most physically and emotionally challenging roles of his career.

For fighting sequence, Shahid Kapoor learned sword fighting and basics of Mardani Khel, a weapon-based martial art. To transform himself to Raja Rawal Ratan Singh, Shahid Kapoor took precise training under trainer Samir Jaura and followed a strict diet for 40 days. Reportedly, armours worn by Kapoor and Singh took a team of forty workers for eight months to prepare. 

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While preparing for character of Alauddin Khilji, Ranveer Singh had reportedly, locked himself in his apartment for 21 days to get into role. According to IMDB trivia, Kabir Bedi's look as character of Sandokan was main inspiration for appearance of Ranveer Singh's character Allauddin Khilji. To transform into Khilji, Ranveer Singh reportedly worked out twice a day for six days a week.

Reportedly, Sanjay Leela Bhansali had given Ranveer Singh books to read that investigated into psyche of dark rulers of history such as Adolf Hitler, asserting that he had to completely forget who he was before he could play Khilji. As per certain reports, role of Allauddin Khilji so influenced Ranveer Singh's personality and conduct that he needed to visit a rapist to come back to rmal. 

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