The legend of queen Padmini, who was also known as queen Padmavati, revolves back to the 13^Th世纪。女王帕德米尼（Queen Padmini）属于印度拉贾斯坦邦（Rajasthan）的梅沃地区Medapata王国。传说她被认为是有史以来最美丽的女王！但是她存在的问题仍然没有得到答复。历史学家多年来一直在辩论这个问题，但无法得出任何结论。有人说她存在，而另一些人则认为她实际上是一些诗意幻想的产物。实际上，她的参考来自诗人马利克·穆罕默德·贾亚西（Malik Muhammad Jayasi）撰写的史诗般的史诗。

宝莱坞的著名作家，制片人兼导演桑杰·莱拉·班萨利（Sanjay Leela Bhansali）改编了贾亚西（Jayasi）的史诗般的故事，并将“ padmaavat”带到了大银幕上。实际上，这部电影是有史以来最具争议的，因为它面临着当地人甚至印度审查委员会的反对。Bhansali确实很难做到这一点。因此，他不必按计划命名电影“ padmavati”，而必须选择将其命名为“ padmaavat”，以避免审查问题。Padmaavat饰演Deepika Padukone饰演女王Padmavati的名义角色，Shahid Kapoor扮演她的丈夫和Medapata王国统治者Maharawal Ratan Singh的角色。Ranveer Singh扮演有史以来最强大的暴君，Alauddin Khilji的角色，他是这个故事中的对手。我不确定Padmavati的存在，但是Maharawal Ratan Singh和Alauddin Khilji是真正的历史人物。他们存在。

The story opens and Khilji dynasty’s ruler Jalal-ud-din Khilji (Raza Murad) takes over Delhi, India. Jalal-ud-din’s evil nephew Alauddin Khilji asks his daughter Mehrunisa’s (Aditi Rao Hydari) hand for marriage. On the wedding night Alauddin was caught by a courtier while he was committing adultery with another woman. This enraged Alauddin and he killed the courtier instantly. Eventually, this news reached Mehrunisa and in spite of that the marriage took place! Alauddin now becomes the lead general of Jalal-ud-din’s army.

Now the story takes another dimension and Rajput ruler Maharawal Ratan Singh gets injured by princess Padmavati during his hunting quest in Singhal, which is the present day Sri Lanka. They eventually fall in love as Padmavati takes care of Ratan Singh and he heals up. Following this, he married Padmavati and brought her to his kingdom.

另一方面，吉尔吉王朝面临蒙古人的入侵。蒙古人无法忍受阿劳丁将军的剪切力量，并被击败。然而，即使在击败蒙古人之后，阿劳丁的邪恶野心也占据了他的最大收益！他突袭了德瓦吉里地区，杀死了统治者，并俘虏了那里的公主。他接管王位的邪恶意图终于出现在贾拉尔·丁（Jalal-ud-din）的焦点中。因此，Jalal-Ud-Din决定访问Devagiri并与他见面。遇见他，他礼物Alauddin是一位名叫Malik Kafur（Jim Sarbh）的太监奴隶，他弯腰遵循他获得的任何命令。Jalal-ud-din可能通过这样做犯了他一生中最大的错误！Alauddin命令Kafur杀死Jalal-ud-Din的陪同部长，他非常瞬间！此后，Alauddin刺伤了Jalal-ud-din并谋杀了他。 After this incident, he self-declared himself as the sultan of Delhi and made Kafur his sex slave and also gave him the position of a general in his army.

这个故事再次前往Medapata，Ratan Singh的皇家牧师Raghav Chetan（Aayam Mehta）被视为偷窥的汤姆。他正在监视国王和帕德马瓦蒂的亲密卧室时刻，因此拉坦·辛格不得不将他从王国中驱逐出境。拉加夫·奇坦（Raghav Chetan）决定为这种侮辱寻求报仇，并继续采取慰藉，除了暴君阿劳丁（Alauddin）以外。Chetan在这里向他描述了Padmavati的美丽。Alauddin是性掠食者，誓言以任何方式获得Padmavati。

He invited the Rajputs to Delhi but his invitation got rejected. This enraged Alauddin and he laid a siege on Medapata’s capital Chittor. However, even after six months he was unable to barge in the solid walls of the Chittor fort. Out of frustration he feigns peace on the occasion of Holi and enters the fort. Upon his request, Ratan Singh allows him to have a brief glimpse of the gorgeous Padmavati. In that one glimpse he was so taken aback by her glamor that he planned to kidnap Ratan Singh the very next day he would visit him.

他欺骗拉坦·辛格（Ratan Singh），把他当作囚犯，并要求帕德玛瓦蒂（Padmavati）来德里。Padmavati坚持Ratan Singh的第一任妻子Nagmati（Anupriya Goenka）的坚持，去了德里。她的计划是释放拉坦·辛格（Ratan Singh），并从阿劳丁（Alauddin）的领土出来。拉杰普特战士打扮成少女战斗，而帕德玛瓦蒂在梅鲁诺斯（Mehrunisa）的帮助下成功逃脱了拉坦·辛格（Ratan Singh）。

Alauddin had been injured by his nephew and was too weak at that point of time to stop the escape. However, the Rajput troops who went there along with Padmavati, got killed by his soldiers. Now, Alauddin’s anger knew no bounds. He imprisoned Mehrunisa for deceiving him.

As Alauddin recovered, he openly attacked the Chittor fort. A ferocious one-on-one sword duel endured between him and Ratan Singh. Ratan Singh got stabbed with arrows by Kafur from behind and died on the spot. The Rajput army was defeated and Alauddin entered the fort along with his troops. The final scene shows queen Padmavati and all the women in Chittor performing a mass suicide by walking into fire before he could lay his hands on them. The furious and frustrated Alauddin in shown beating the huge door of the fire chamber in order to stop them, but all in vain!

Padmaavat trailer:

The Good:

惊人的摄影

我必须说，Sudeep Chatterjee的摄影很棒。Padmaavat确实具有一些令人叹为观止的视觉效果。如果您碰巧看电影，您可能会因13的刻画而感到惊讶^Thcentury Indian palatial architectures. Chatterjee also captures some jaw-dropping scenery as well. I must praise the beautiful portrayal of forest and desert landscapes in the movie.

To add with it, the war scenes have been created with utmost perfection. A true CGI masterpiece indeed! What an astounding depiction of armies with thousands of horse riding soldiers ready for the battle! I also found the 13^ThAlauddin Khilji的军队的世纪巨大典范非常有趣。老实说，我从来没有任何以前的历史武器。当阿劳丁（Alauddin）带来战争时，甚至拉杰普特（Rajput）看到这些武器后，也感到惊讶。

Ranveer Singh的出色表演

Upon watching Padmaavat, I can tell that Ranveer Singh has reached the heights in his acting career owing to his brilliant performance in the movie. He stole the show completely! I felt as if I was watching a ruthless sexual predatory beast of a sultan who can murder anybody and can go up to any extent to obtain Padmavati. If sources are true, it has been said that Ranveer had a tough time putting himself in the role of Alauddin Khilji. He had to place himself in the shoes of the character for months together before making this movie.

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Deepika as Padmavati?

This is my personal opinion. The opinion of others might vary regarding this matter. Honestly, I didn’t find Deepika Padukone appealing enough to be presented as Padmavati. I mean, according to the historic scripts Padmavati was an epitome of gorgeousness. However, Deepika appeared to me just as an ordinary lady dressed in a queen’s attire. No doubt, Deepika’s acting is unparalleled in this movie. Still I feel Bhansali could have opted for some other female cast whose beauty to some extent would have been able to match the level of the real queen Padmavati.

I couldn’t digest the ending fight scene!

Honestly, what on Earth did the plot turn out to be at the very end? Ratan Singh and Alauddin are shown sword fighting in the middle of the desert with both their armies standing as silent spectators! Eventually, Ratan Singh gets trickily killed by Kafur from behind. I don’t know if this incident actually happened in Mewar’s history, but personally I find this mindless. Weren’t kings supposed to battle alongside their armies at that time, instead of pursuing egoistic one-on one fights in the middle of the desert?

The Verdict:

Alongside Ranveer and Deepika, I believe Shahid too came out with his role of Ratan Singh pretty well. He did his best to present himself as the egoistic Rajput ruler. My appreciation also goes to Ujjwal Chopra for competently carrying out the role of the braveheart Rajput warrior Gora Singh.

Bhansali had designed the screenplay along with Prakash Kapadia. Padmaavat has some beautifully scripted dialogues that go along with the movie’s flow. One dialogue by the injured and bedridden Alauddin when he choked his nephew to death by using only one arm goes this way, “Sultan banne ke liye gardan aur irade dono mazboot hone chahiye”, which means “In order to become an emperor, you need to have a strong neck and a strong will”. I personally find this dialogue to be awesome. I also found the track “Khalibali” by Shivam Pathak and Shail Hada to be exceptionally good. The choreography of this song by Ganesh Acharya is impressive. It features Alauddin dancing wildly along with his soldiers.

Padmaavat proceeds with a huge duration of 2 hours and 43 minutes! I believe Bhansali along with his editors Jayant Jadhar and Akiv Ali might have done their best to shorten this movie as much as possible. However, I think it might not have been possible to reduce the duration further as this epic historic drama needed to be presented before the audiences with detail.

Overall, I find Padmaavat to be a truly entertaining cinematic masterpiece. I was moved by the last scene where Padmavati with her women troop walked into the fire in order to avoid becoming Alauddin’s prey. If you happen to watch this movie, you will get well acquainted with queen Padmavati’s bravery and her sacrifices for her kingdom.