Hrithik Roshan to replace Ranveer Singh in ‘Padmavati’?

Actor Ranveer Singh was almost set to essay Allauddin Khilji’s character in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’. But, if sources are to be believed, things went bit sour between the actor-director duo, when Ranveer asked Bhansali for the narration. Now, Bhansali is reportedly considering other actors for the role, and after considering Shah Rukh Khan, he has approached Hrithik Roshan for the same.

Here’s what happened. Ranveer asked for a narration of the script to understand it better; and that angered Bhansali!

“Ranveer made the grave mistake of asking Bhansali for a narration. The director feels that the actor owes him his success, and is not in the position to question his judgement. Like Shah Rukh Khan doesn’t ask for a narration from Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra, and Salman with Sooraj Barjatya, SLB felt that the actor should have come on board without hearing the script,” a source revealed to a portal.

Reports suggest that Bhansali also went to SRK. However, ‘Padmavati’ demands a long shooting schedule of almost 200 days which was not possible for Shah Rukh to commit for.

“Sanjay’s ego is hurt and he is just sulking. I am sure he will come around and make the film with Ranveer eventually. Meanwhile, SLB is hoping that Ranveer gets wind of the fact that he is looking around to replace him, and come running back. However, that isn’t about to happen. Ranveer is at the top of his game, and has no dearth of filmmakers wanting to work with him. He knows that he is far ahead of all his contemporaries and he has Aditya Chopra, Rohit Shetty and even Karan Johar in his corner. He is not about to go running back to SLB. Ranveer has in stead, taken off for a holiday with his friends to Switzerland.” the source adds.

We wonder if it’s too much for an actor to ask for a copy of the script!

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Ranjini Maitra

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