Question

Describe a film or play that you've seen in which your artistic vision would be different from the artistic vision of the production you saw. How does your artistic vision differ from the production you saw? In other words, what would you change about the film/play in order to meet your artistic vision?

Answer 1

Answer: to be honest, a movie called Padmaavat

Explanation: Although most Bhansali movies are aesthetically pleasing, especially Padmaavat, the way that he writes his characters in this movie are a bit off. Especially in the movie Padmaavat, he writes the character Alauddin Khilji in a more barbaric way, although in real life he was a mild mannered person, and the character Ratan Singh as a calm and collected man. So it seems like as if Bhansali is making Alauddin to be a rogue and barbaric Muslim king and Ratan the righteous and heroic Hindu king. Bhansali also shuts out the fact that Alauddin may have been in a relationship with his slave general Malik Kaufur, and that Alauddin might have even been bi or gay, but in the movie, you see no example of them even being close in a romantic way. So, what I would change is Alauddin’s character, and make him a more proper and calm character and reprsent Alauddin and Malik’s relationship. With the character Padmavati, I feel like that they represented her in a different light. I feel that they didn’t really represent her Sinhalese heritage. Also in the Ghoomar scene, a Rajput queen would probably never dance in front of anyone, they would be watching other dancers. Also the top Deepika wore showed her bosom, which Rajput queens would never show. So, I would try to positively change all the factors I just stated in this paragraph and hope that Sanjay Leela Bhansali will continue to create more beautiful movies.