Critics, however, saved most of their praise for Ranveer Singh’s portrayal of Alauddin Khilji, the crazed Muslim invader who is the anti-thesis to the virtuous Rajput king played by Shahid Kapoor. Singh admits that playing a bisexual, narcissist king who lusts after a Hindu queen was a huge risk, but says he is glad he did the film. When we met during the promotion of Befikre in 2016, you said Alauddin Khilji was your “toughest-ever character”. I realised that the instinct was not me—it was an Alauddin Khilji instinct. Honestly, playing the bisexual, evil antagonist in such a significant film was a huge risk and it could have been my undoing.

Source: Mint February 03, 2018 12:22 UTC