To Ace The Role Of Khilji In ’Padmaavat’, Ranveer Singh Locked Himself In A Room For 21 Days!

“He is as much a creator of this character as I am. All credit to him. His is the most amount of direction I have taken from across these three films (Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ramleela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat). He just knew what he wanted to do with Alaudin Khilji and was having so much fun doing it.”

The flip side of this precision to attain absolute perfection for every character he play,  is something that Ranveer described as a dangerous abyss:

“I have had some life experiences that were quite dark. I can’t reveal too much because it is too personal but it is the stuff I have brushed under the carpet so to speak. Stuff that I have buried in my conscience, that I had to dig out in order to play this character. And it was not always pretty, which validates my apprehension. I knew how deep I had to go into this rabbit hole. I would have had to go into this dark, black space. This abyss that could be dangerous for me. And it was.”

Well, it's safe to say that all this was worth it!