Transfixed by Bajirao’s Hindu masculinity, Bangash doesn’t even have time to scowl again before the warrior slits his throat.

Still, the rest of them do a lot of twirly balletic fighting, and there’s an improbable but amusing moment when Bajirao leaps atop an elephant. Mastani and Bajirao bond over their violent temperaments and team up to fight fey Muslim warlord Muhammad Khan Bangash, who doesn’t really do anything except scowl. She turns out to be Mastani ( Deepika Padukone), princess of Bundelkhand. A mysterious hot honey arrives and tries to kill Bajirao. It’s a specifically Hindu nationalist heroism: Bajirao unfurls a saffron flag and goes on about uniting a Hindu India against the Mughals. The First Anglo-Maratha War didn’t start until 1775, 35 years after Bajirao’s death, but the director is establishing a general sense of nationalist heroism, so whatever. The opening scene presents Bajirao (Ranveer Singh) conquering India and blowing up some British East India Company ships. Reel History is all for discussing and, where necessary, mocking historical films, but strongly against banning them. The Filmmaker does not intend in any manner to belittle, disrespect, impair or disparage the beliefs, feelings, sentiments and susceptibilities of any person(s), community(ies), society(ies) and their culture(s), custom(s), practice(s) and tradition(s).” Even so, applications have been made to ban the film at a court in Pune and the Bombay High Court in Mumbai. Bajirao Mastani begins and ends with a lengthy disclaimer: “The Filmmaker fully acknowledges and respects other perspectives and viewpoints with regard to the subject of the film.

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