New Delhi: After much speculations, music director Shreyas Puranik has confirmed that Deepika Padukone would star in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's highly ambitious project 'Padmavati' alongside Ranveer Singh.

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According to a report in a website, Puranik took to his Twitter handle to announce the news and also said that he is working on the film's music.

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After the success of 'Ram-Leela' and 'Bajirao Mastani, the upcoming project, which is supposedly based on tyrant emperor Alauddin Khilji's obsession for Padmavati, the queen of Chittor, will mark the third collaboration of Sanjay-Deepika and Ranveer.



Reportedly, Prakash Kapadia, who earlier scripted 'Bajirao Mastani', has reportedly been roped in to write ' Padmavati.'

The shooting of the movie will go on floors in September.

ANI