Bhubaneswar, April 5 -- Padmaavat helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, and Shahid Kapoor was a magnum opus with the storyline revolving around Allaudin Khilji, Rani Padmavati, and Maharana Ratan Singh Rawal. For the first time in this film, Ranveer played a strong negative character and his overall avatar and presentation of Khilji got a lot of attention.

During one of his interviews earlier the Dil Dhadakne Do actor said, "I found the character so loathsome, so despicable and so dark, so messed up. It was out of sheer fright and fear that I told Sanjay sir that this might take me into sort of a hole that I may not come out of."

Revealing how he prepared for the role, Ranveer had said, "I took 21 day...