Shahid Kapoor talks about ‘Padmavati’ being delayed

After returning from a vacation with his family in London, Shahid has finally resumed shooting for ‘Padmavati’. Recently there have been a lot of speculations about the delay of the film. Earlier it was reported that the release date had been pushed to April next year but neither the cast nor the makers confirmed the news.

Shahid, who plays the role of Raja Rawal Ratan Singh in the film recently interacted with a leading daily. He stated, “We have not yet said anything about any delay. You guys are the ones deciding everything.” When he was asked about the release date, he replied, “You will know very soon.”

The movie also stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in lead roles. Speaking about the delay, a source revealed, “’Padmavati’ has been postponed from November 17 to April next year. April is a good month as both the Baahubalis had released then. The school holidays start and ‘Padmavati’ is a Rs.150 crore (approx) film so it will need a prolonged holiday to recover the cost and the fact is, in November there are no holidays. Also, the post-production of the film will take months. There are various battle scenes which need a lot of VFX and that’s the major reason the film has been postponed. The second reason is, that some major portions of the film are still to be shot on the principal actors, including Shahid, Ranveer, Deepika and Sanjay Dutt’s entire portion. Dutt plays Ranveer’s (Alauddin Khalji) father in the film.”

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