Ranveer Singh is overwhelmed that his film Padmaavat has made more than Rs3 billion (Dh169 million) at the box office.
The actor played Alauddin Khilji in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial, which also stars Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor.
Singh said in a statement: “Padmaavat is a historic film for our country. I’m overwhelmed and extremely happy that the film has received this much love from audiences not just in India, but also the world over.
“It is a film that is and will always be extremely close to my heart and with it becoming my first ever Rs300 crore [Rs3 billion] film the memory of Padmaavat will be that much more special.”
He thanked Bhansali for his vision, and for giving him a character like Khilji that “will forever glow in my body of work”.
“This success is for all of us to cherish and remember that as artists, we need to stand by our vision, our craft,” said Singh of the movie, which was released in India on January 25 after much controversy.
