Sanjay Dutt Copying Ranveer Singh!!! Afghans Offended

 Sounds  absurd. But that’s exactly what Dutt’s  Ahmad Shah Abdali looks like  in Ashutosh  Gowariker’s Panipat.  A straight copy of Ranveer Singh  in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Allah-u-ddin Khilji in Padmaavat.

Says a  source  close to the  Padmaavat team, “The clothes, mannerisms, body language even the aggressive way  Dutt speaks  his  power-hungry lines are a  replica of  Ranveer’s  Khilji. It’s as though director Ashutosh Gowariker made  Sanjay Dutt look and  imbibe Ranveer’s  act.”

While Khilji’s portrayal as a sex maniac in Padmaavat was  panned  in some sections, there is already a widespread  protest  in Afghanistan about the way  Dutt has  played Ahmad  Shah Abdali. It  is  hoped in Afghanistan  that  he  won’t be demonized just for cheap thrills.

Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India, Shaida Abdali tweeted, “Historically, the Indian cinema has been extremely instrumental in strengthening the Indo-Afghan ties – I very much hope that the film, Panipat, has kept that fact in mind while dealing with this important episode of our shared history!”