I watched Padmavat yesterday. It was like watching a hollywood movie. The costumes, war scenes and the graphics left me astonished.
The story is very short. It actually links two different situations that happen simultaneously in the same period. It shows how Jalaluddin Khilji and Alauddin Khilji come to power in Delhi, and how Rani Padmavati comes to Chittoor. In the opening scene, Alauddin captures a real ostrich when he was asked to just bring it's feather. This actually seemed to convey how determined he was when he was given a task; he would go to any extent to prove himself. He asks for Jalaluddin 's daughter Mehrunnisa 's hand in marriage for return. He accepts, and the marriage takes place. But that night, Mehrunissa becomes aware of Alauddin's character.
Here, in Singhal, the Rajput king of Chittoor, Ratan Singh meets the princess Padmavati and the two get married. She is then welcomed grandly at Chittoor and soon wins a place in the hearts of the subjects. She is then tested by the Rajguru, Raghav Chetan, and is blessed by him. But later, the same guru is banished from the kingdom by the king for, I think spying on he king during his retiring time. There, a slave called Malik Kafur is brought to Alauddin, and a small commotion arises between the then Sultan of Delhi, Jalaluddin and Alauddin, in which Alauddin uses his chance to kill the Sultan and become the emperor. At this time, a series of celebrations are going on at Chittoor and Alauddin is conquering kingdoms all over India, the banished guru joins Alauddin. He was the one who informs Alauddin about Padmavati's beauty, and triggers him to marry her. So this is where the actual story starts, and it goes on Alauddin trying to conquer Chittoor in many ways, failing in his attempts, and actually getting a chance to see Padmavati, but doesn not see her face, and imprisons the king, and the war starts. The usual story which we read in our history textbooks.
The first thing which was astounding in this film, were the portrayals of Alauddin Khilji and Malik Kafur. Both the characters gestures, or the way they did things, was both graceful and deadly at the same time. Malik Kafur's character is a very good example of how a silent rat can turn into a battling wild boar within a second, in the first scene. The other views were also really good, the palace and the forests.
In whole, Padmaavat is actually good. It is a visual treat for all those war-history-drama fans!
The story is very short. It actually links two different situations that happen simultaneously in the same period. It shows how Jalaluddin Khilji and Alauddin Khilji come to power in Delhi, and how Rani Padmavati comes to Chittoor. In the opening scene, Alauddin captures a real ostrich when he was asked to just bring it's feather. This actually seemed to convey how determined he was when he was given a task; he would go to any extent to prove himself. He asks for Jalaluddin 's daughter Mehrunnisa 's hand in marriage for return. He accepts, and the marriage takes place. But that night, Mehrunissa becomes aware of Alauddin's character.
Here, in Singhal, the Rajput king of Chittoor, Ratan Singh meets the princess Padmavati and the two get married. She is then welcomed grandly at Chittoor and soon wins a place in the hearts of the subjects. She is then tested by the Rajguru, Raghav Chetan, and is blessed by him. But later, the same guru is banished from the kingdom by the king for, I think spying on he king during his retiring time. There, a slave called Malik Kafur is brought to Alauddin, and a small commotion arises between the then Sultan of Delhi, Jalaluddin and Alauddin, in which Alauddin uses his chance to kill the Sultan and become the emperor. At this time, a series of celebrations are going on at Chittoor and Alauddin is conquering kingdoms all over India, the banished guru joins Alauddin. He was the one who informs Alauddin about Padmavati's beauty, and triggers him to marry her. So this is where the actual story starts, and it goes on Alauddin trying to conquer Chittoor in many ways, failing in his attempts, and actually getting a chance to see Padmavati, but doesn not see her face, and imprisons the king, and the war starts. The usual story which we read in our history textbooks.
The first thing which was astounding in this film, were the portrayals of Alauddin Khilji and Malik Kafur. Both the characters gestures, or the way they did things, was both graceful and deadly at the same time. Malik Kafur's character is a very good example of how a silent rat can turn into a battling wild boar within a second, in the first scene. The other views were also really good, the palace and the forests.
In whole, Padmaavat is actually good. It is a visual treat for all those war-history-drama fans!
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