Ranveer Singh on the 'Padmaavat’ controversy: I was filled with pain

Ranveer Singh as Khilji in 'Padmaavat' has garnered immense praise for his role. He has left an impression on almost everyone with the character he portrayed. The movie starring Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor, along with Ranveer saw several ups and downs and on this topic, Ranveer had much to say recently.

During an interaction with a leading news channel, the actor said, "I was filled with pain. There is no doubt about that and I had a very strong urge to act out, speak out but I was given strict instructions not to and I had to respect that because I was not at the forefront of this fight. It is the prerogative of the producers, of the director. If they were explicitly telling me that me saying something or doing something is going to complicate things further. I don’t want to complicate the lives; I want to make the lives simpler and do my bit to see that the things go off smoothly and this film gets made and it gets released."

“So, if this is what they are asking me to do, I have to abide by that. But yeah, of course, I was enraged, absolutely enraged. But what could I do? I could choose to act out destructively, but I chose not to. I channelled it and I put all of it into my performance. And whatever you may feel after seeing this performance is born out of having felt a certain way,” he added.

When asked if he gave any advice to Deepika and Bhansali during that time, Ranveer said, “We were there for each other and Mr Bhansali took his time to come out of what he went through understandably. But, hats off to the guy! When he came back, the kind of vigour he came back with on the film’s set, he was a like a man possessed. The way it happened and then there was a large gap where the film was not being shot. There was all this anxiety of what’s going to happen and that period was difficult for me as well. Because I don’t know what was happening. And I am feeling all of these things and I am being told to shut up. So, it was difficult, but we went on the set to complete the film.”

Talking about the same, Deepika had earlier said, "It is hurtful and it is sad. Cinema has the power to bring the people together, to unite people and to spread the love. It is disheartening sometimes that people don't recognize that."