Padmavati set for global release on December 1

Insight Bureau: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-awaited period drama ‘Padmavati’ is all set to hit global screens on December 1.

The film features Deepika Padukone in the title role as Rani Padmavati, a legendary Hindu Rajput queen alongwith Shahid Kapoor as Rawal Ratan Singh and Ranveer Singh as Alauddin Khilji.

The movie will open on approximately 8,000 screens in India alone. That is 500 more screens than Baahubali.