Shahid Kapoor reveals iconic trio who he would've recast in Padmaavat

Among most controversial films in recent years, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat was in news for a long time. Be it director being attacked for story that fringe outfits felt was offensive or movie turning out to be a big hit, re were numerous reasons that film will be remembered for. However, what made Padmaavat  movie it turned out to be, was casting. Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone had featured in filmmaker’s two hits, but y didn’t share screen ; but both of m flourished in ir respective roles. Though more performance-based role was for Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor also didn’t get overshadowed and created an impact. w, as per Shahid, iconic Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam trio of Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgn could’ve done  Padmaavat roles quite well. 

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Shahid Kapoor recently appeared on Neha Dhupia’s chat show Filter Neha’s fourth season. actor made several interesting revelations on show. One of questions posed to him was who he would like to recast as leads of Padmaavat. Shahid replied, "Actually, cast of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam would work well for that film as well." Though he didn’t say who among Salman and Ajay could’ve done role of Alauddin Khilji, it’s just interesting to imagine stars from ir Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam avatars to Padmaavat.

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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s first commercial hit after critically acclaimed Khamoshi: Musical. movie was a love triangle, with Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai falling in love, but she eventually getting married to Ajay Devgn. songs of movie are still popular. Bhansali n made a few more films that had three protagonists in a love story like Devdas, Saawariya and w Padmaavat. 

Padmaavat 

Padmaavat is among top-10 highest grossers of all time, having entered Rs 300 crore club. movie is based on 16th century poem Padmaavat, that spoke about Rani Padmavati’s sacrifice to evade Alauddin Khilji after death of her husband Raja Maharawal Ratan Singh. Ranveer Singh bagged Best Actor award at IIFA recently, apart from or events.

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Meanwhile, Shahid delivered biggest solo hit of his career with Kabir Singh, that almost earned Rs 300 crore. With around Rs 280 crore, it is second-highest grosser of this year. It was recently overtaken by War.

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