Illustration/Uday Mohite

So, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has taken longer to make and release 'Padmavat' than the entire period of Mughal rule in India. You also know, dear reader, that 300 cuts have already been administered to the film, right? This has brought its duration down from 5 hours 42 minutes to seven minutes. (attempts are in the offing to bring the length down further to 52 seconds, so it can be played before every other movie in multiplexes).