Mumbai: Ranveer Singh is keeping mum on his casting in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati but it appears that the film’s costume designer has revealed the Bollywood actor is indeed on board for the period drama.
There have been numerous media reports about Singh’s casting in the film, with some suggesting he is again teaming up with Bhansali, while others claiming the actor had a fallout with the director and opted out of the project.
On Thursday Indian media spotted an Instagram post by costume designer Ajay Kumar, who has begun the work on Padmavati, that mentions both Singh and actress Deepika Padukone are part of the movie.
“#Working mode #onn it’s #slb office #ease during #lease #padmavati #deepikapadukone #costume #design a #film to remember #ranveersingh,” Kumar wrote alongside a photo of himself and his team discussing work on the movie. The caption has since been edited to remove the names of the stars.
Kumar also worked with Bhansali on Ram Leela and Bajirao Mastani, both of which starred Singh in the lead role.
The designer shared a throwback picture of Bhansali and the 31-year-old actor from the set of “Ram Leela”.
He captioned the photo, writing, “Some #rare picture of #slb n #ranveersingh in the #memories of #Ramleela !!! #bhansali sir is #ready for the #pose while he is #unaware of #background n his #frame is not #cleared yet! it’s #hatrick #combo for #Padmavati and off course for #me too.”
By Friday, that picture was no longer visible on the account.
Padmavati will be a hat-trick for the trio — Padukone, Singh and Bhansali. The movie is based on Alauddin Khilji’s obsession with Mewar queen Padmavati.
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