Ranveer Singh gets slapped by Raza Murad 24 times, here’s why

Ranveer Singh was slapped 24 times, on the sets of Padmavati by Raza Murad. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali had to do something with it

By: Fukres |
September 2, 2017 4:11 pm

Ranveer Singh belongs to a lot of actors who wish to give perfect shots every time. And when it is ace director Sanjay Leela Bhansali at the helm of the movie, things are bound to be seamless. In one of the shots for Padmavati, Ranveer was slapped by veteran actor Raza Murad 24 times. As shocking as this is, this is absolutely true and Ranveer too accepted it. Padmavati which features Ranveer Singh in the role of Delhi ruler Alauddin Khilji, and it also has Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles.

So, what happened that Raza Murad had to slap Ranveer so many times? Apparently, for one particular scene of this magnum opus, Raza had to slap Ranveer. But Bhansali wanted a perfect shot, he asked Raza to slap Ranveer again. He was convinced with the shot after 24 retakes, meaning 24 slaps landed on Ranveer’s cheek. By the end of it, Ranveer was left red-faced, obviously.

This piece of information made it to a Hindi newspaper and Ranveer shared the cut out of it on Twitter, sharing it was a true story. Interestingly, this is Ranveer’ and Raza’s third film with together with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, as both of them have worked in Goliyon ki Raas Leela: Ram Leela and Bajirao Mastani.

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Here is the tweet of Ranveer and the reactions it received:

True story! #Padmavati pic.twitter.com/Vykn5YzxhU

— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) September 2, 2017

Waiting for this epicnessss

— Soniya (@sonii_4sure) September 2, 2017

The ranveer singh…. Knows for the ultimate perfection to his movie.. he can do everything…… @RanveerOfficial god bless baba…

— Samrat (@breaker_sem) September 2, 2017

Ur really a perfectionist actor in Bollywood
Loves ur acting Energetic performance & ur Dress making code

— Om saurav sinha (@saurav_om) September 2, 2017

Also read: Deepika Padukone getting more money than Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor for Padmavati hints at ‘ache din’ in Bollywood

Padmavati is a period drama which traces the lives of Alauddin Khilji, Raja Rawal Ratan Singh and Rani Padmini. Deepika has reportedly completed shooting for the film and unlike earlier reports, now it is being suggested Padmavati will release on November 17. Shahid Kapoor has resumed filming for the shoot. Here is the picture Shahid shared on Instagram:

A post shared by Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) on Sep 1, 2017 at 7:24am PDT

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