EXCLUSIVE: Deepika Padukone shoots the climax scene for Padmavati

Amidst immense security and special arrangements, Deepika Padukone shoots the jauhar scene for Padmavati.

By Urvi Parikh

Updated on Jun 01, 2017 | 11:05 PM IST | 1.2M

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati is currently being shot in Mumbai's Film City. Shahid Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have been simultaneously shooting for the movie for their solo portions before a few scenes involving them together will be shot.

Ahead of the schedule wrap which happened last week, Deepika Padukone shot for her climax scene at the Mumbai studio along with almost 300 junior artistes. In the climax, Deepika, who plays the role of Rani Padmavati, performed the 'Jauhar' (self-immolation) scene, leaving the director impressed with the entire sequence.

Jauhar was a custom practiced by Rajput women to avoid being captured or raped by the invaders.

A source present on the set informed us, "Deepika Padukone was exceptional in the scene. It was an emotional sequence and took sometime to be shot. As good as 300 junior artistes were present on the set. A lot of gunny bags were kept on the set, just as a precaution to avoid any sort of tragedy. The security on the set was also beefed up so that no details or looks from the shoot get leaked."

Adds another source, "Sanjay Leela Bhansali has shot for Deepika's solo climax scene first. Instead of waiting for all the three lead actors to shoot the crucial segment, he decided to go solo and get Shahid, Deepika and Ranveer together only when it is required. There are some war sequences that have to be shot followed by a face-off between Ranveer and Shahid. But these will be shot once Ranveer resumes on June 8 after his London trip."

The movie is slated to release on November 17, 2017.

Recently, Padmavati made news because of the disruption that happened on the movie's sets in Jaipur. Activists of Karni Sena disrupted the shoot and also misbehaved with Bhansali on the allegations for distorting history. Later, some miscreants also damaged the costumes and jewellery by setting them on fire during their Kolhapur schedule of the movie.