The most controversial movie of today, Padmavati was already made in Tamil 54 years ago featuring Sivaji Ganesan and Vaijayanthi Mala. MN Nambiar played the role of Alauddin Khilji.

Vaijayanthi Mala reprised the role of Padmavati in this movie titled Sithoor Rani Padmini which has been translated into Tamil so as to connect with the audiences here.

The big budget movie had a mediocre run at the box office but it is great to see such efforts done so many decades ago. Besides, the controversies are simply triggered by the local people as the Rani Padmini movie confirms it has no such plot line which is what Sanjay Leela Bansali was trying to convey.