10
Wow, I never thought India could make an epic historical and do it so convincingly. Credit really should go to the director for investing 13 years into making this look beautiful and convincing. He has admittedly taken many cinematic liberties with the original story, but he admits it up front, and the end product is amazing. I am so glad SLB also didn't cast his original choices for this movie, because this movie deserved actors and not stars, and Ranveer, Priyanka and Deepika along with the supporting cast all give mesmerizing performances. Priyanka even outshines the others most times.
Now the million dollar question I have is whether there is really such a thing as Aaina Mahal somewhere in India. It looked so cool on screen, and if that was just a film set, I give major props again to everyone.
Bhansali is quite inconsistent with the quality of his movies, but this ranks among his best, along with Khamoshi: The Musical and Black.