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| “ | Not even God trusts Alauddin! | „ |
| ~ Alauddin after betraying Ratan Singh. |
Sultan Alauddin Khilji is the main antagonist of the 2018 Indian historical period epic film Padmaavat, based upon the epic poem of the same name. He is the lustful sultan of Delhi who desires to conquer Chittor and make Padmavati his bride.
He was portrayed by Ranveer Singh.
Biography[]
When Jalaluddin Khilji, was plotting to usurp the throne of Delhi, Alauddin pledged his support to his uncle in exchange for his daughter Mehrunisa's hand in marriage. Jalaluddin agreed, but on the night of their wedding, Alauddin cheated on Mehrunisa by having sex with another woman. When senior courtier Shareef Pasha witnesses the act, Alauddin kills her. Mehrunisa is made aware of this, but is helpless to stop the wedding. After marrying Mehrunisa, Alauddin is made a lead general in Jalaluddin's army.
With Alauddin's help, Jalaluddin takes over the throne of Delhi and becomes its new sultan. Alauddin is then sent away to lead Jalaluddin's forces in repelling a Mongol invasion, but during that Alauddin leads them in an unsanctioned raid on Devagiri and takes the princess there as his concubine. He would later be gifted the slave Malik Kafur, who Alauddin used to assassinate Jalaluddin's ministers while another one of his generals killed Jalaluddin himself, allowing Alauddin to seize the throne of Delhi.
After Raghav Chetan traveled to Delhi and made Alauddin aware of Padmavati, the beautiful princess betrothed to marry the ruler of Mewar, Alauddin set his sights on making Padmavati his own. Alauddin led his forces to the Mewar capital of Chittor to lay siege to it, but after six months of an unsuccessful siege, Alauddin feigns peace on account of the Holi festival and asks to be let inside Chittor. Ratan Singh grants his request and allows him to enter his palace alone. Alauddin then invites Ratan to his tent under the promise of a truce, only to break it once Ratan is alone and capture him.
With Ratan Singh held captive by Alauddin, Padmavati agreed to see Alauddin under several conditions - that she will get to see Ratan first, that there will be no men present during their meeting and that Chetan will be executed for his treachery. Alauddin agrees to all of these terms and sends Padmavati the severed head of Chetan as a show of good faith. As Padmavati traveled to Delhi, Alauddin suffered an assassination attempt from his nephew. When his nephew came beside a bedridden Alauddin to gloat however, Alauddin awakens and kills him.
Padmavati then arrives in Delhi, but through the help of Mehrunisa and a planned ambush by Chittor's soldiers, she is able to free Ratan and escape with him while her soldiers hold off the Khilji soldiers. During the battle, Ratan confronted Alauddin, still wounded from his nephew's earlier assassination attempt. Alauddin urges Ratan to kill him, but Ratan refuses as it goes against the Rajput creed of not attacking the wounded.
After Padmavati and Ratan escape back to Chittor, Alauddin leads his army there once again in order to conquer it. Ratan Singh agrees to fight Alauddin in a single duel and defeats him, but before he can finish him off he is shot in the back by Malik with an arrow. With Mewar's ruler now dead, Alauddin is able to break through Chittor's defenses, but as he and his army are held off by the remaining Rajput soldiers, Padmavati leads all the women of Chittor to commit mass suicide by self-imolation before they can be raped and murdered by the Khilji army, denying Alauddin his prize and leaving him furious.
Trivia[]
- He is based off the real life historical figure Alauddin Khalji, who is also the main antagonist of the Padmavat poem.