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Not only Ranveer Singh, THESE actors too played ‘Khilji’ on screen

Abhishek Singh

February 16, 2018
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Not only Ranveer Singh, THESE actors too played 'Khilji' on screen

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Om Puri

Late veteran actor Om Puri was the first actor to play the role of Alauddin Khilji. The actor played Khilji in Shyam Bengal's most famous television series 'Bharat Ek Khoj'.

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Om Puri

Interestingly, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's association with this Khilji goes way back. The ace director was one of the assistant editors for this TV show.

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Mukesh Rishi

The actor who is mainly famous for playing negative roles has also played the role of Alauddin Khilji in a tv show named 'Chittod ki Rani Padmini ka Johur'.

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Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh was the latest one to potray Alaudin Khilji on big screen. The actor got rave reviews.

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Ranveer Singh

The actor in interviews had revealed that he had isolated himself to get into the skin of the character. Later on Ranveer had to take a psychologist's help to get himself out of the character.

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Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’ was one of the most controversial films that struggled to make it to the silver screen. The film post its release got rave reviews and the performance of the actors in the film was appreciated. But it was Ranveer Singh’s performance as Alauddin Khilji which took away the maximum applaud. But did you know, Ranveer wasn’t the first actor to play Khilji on screen. Following actors also have been Khilji on screen. (Also Read: It’s Band Baaja Baaraat time for Ranveer Singh. View Pics)

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Here’s the list of the actors who have been Khilji on screen :