Sanjay Bhansali
Have Katrina, Priyanka & Alia Moved On?
Here is the actual truth about Jee Le Zara: the project is very much on and with the same cast.But not anytime in the near future,as reported lately in a section of the press. A source very close to Farhan reveals, “Farhan sees no reason to deny all the fabricated stories. He is very much committed to the project and to making the film only with the handpicked cast of Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Alia Bhatt. The cast remains. Their dates are being coordinated. Farhan will make Jee Le Zara after he gets into Don 3.” The actual problem with Jee Le Zara is the male cast. | Click Here...
A Night To Remember: ‘Heeramandi’ premiere night was a star-studded affair with the biggest of stars coming in
The premiere night of Heeramandi, the highly anticipated project by renowned filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, proved to be a star-studded extravaganza, captivating the attention of Bollywood's biggest luminaries. Held amidst glitz and glamour, the event saw the arrival of an array of Bollywood celebrities, adding to the allure of the evening. One of the standout moments of the night was the heartwarming reunion between Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt. Their collaboration in the past has yielded iconic films, and their presence together at the Heeramandi premiere | Click Here...
Kamal Haasan, Not Dhanush, Is The Right Fit For Ilaiyaraja (even Ilaiyaraja Feels The Same)
My very dear friend Sanjay Bhansali and I were discussing a possible biopic on our Mata Saraswati Lata Mangeshkar.He sadly said, “No one can play Lataji except Lataji herself. Kisiki auqat nahin hai.” The same goes for the legend beyond legends Ilaiyaraja. It is disheartening to hear that Dhanush will play Ilaiyaraja. It is like Sonu Sood playing Amitabh Bachchan in the latter’s biopic just because of the faint resemblance.Was Dhanush chosen for his Kolaveri D? The most atonal song in the history of Indie-pop. With Ilaiyaraja , there is a duable option: Kamal Haasan. The | Click Here...
Sanjay Bhansali To Flesh Out Alia Bhatt’s Character
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Baiju Bawra will go on the floors next year. It will star Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. But before that here is the big change in the remake from the original Baiju Bawra from 1952. The role of the heroine is being fleshed out . According to a source in the know, “Meena Kumari in the original Baiju Bawra had a minor role as compared with the hero Bharat Bhushan. In Bhansali’s Baiju Bawra the heroine would have a lot more to do. After Gangubai Kathiawadi audiences have certain expectations from the Bhansali-Alia duo. The heroine’s charact | Click Here...
As Sanjay Bhansali’s Devdas Turns A Mature 21, Subhash K Jha Recalls Being A Small Part Of This Monumental Epic
Sanjay Bhansali insists that he made Devdas because of me. Of course, he was merely being generous. An evening two years before Devdas, while I was watching Hum… Dil Chuke Sanam spellbound, I realized that if there was anyone who could make Devdas today, it was Sanjay. He had vision, sensitivity, epic sweep, and intimate characterizations. Yup, Sanjay was the guy for the job. When I telephoned to congratulate him for Hum Dil... (those were the days of the landline phones) I told him his next project ought to be Devdas. There was a thoughtful silence at the other end, which I then p | Click Here...
Sanjay Bhansali, Karan Johar Skip IIFA 2023, Hrithik Roshan Wins Best Actor For A Hammy Performance
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar were conspicuous by their absence at IIFA awards held during the weekend in Abu Dhabi. While Bhansali is shooting the last lap of his ambitious webseries Heeramandi, Karan Johar was away in Zurich celebrating his birthday. Neither Bhansali nor Johar won any significant awards at IIFA, although Bhansali’s fabulous Gangubai Kathiawadi did get Alia Bhatt another best actress win, and yes, Johar’s Brahmastra got Pritam’s poor music score the best music award. Significantly the Best Director was given to | Click Here...
Sanjay Bhansali On His BAFTA Masterclass
Sanjay Leela Bhansali leaves for London on November 25 with his film Gangubai Kathiawadi at the BAFTA(British Academy Film Awards) . The film is being submitted in all the major categories including Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actress and Film Not in the English Language. The award ceremony will be held at the Royal Festival Hall in London in February 2023. Bhansali will also be hosting a BAFTA Masterclass on November 28.And it is this honour of addressing a masterclass that has Bhansali all excited. “It is always a pleasure to come face-to-face | Click Here...
Sanjay Bhansali On Why Hema Malini Will Always Be The The Ultimate Diva
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a huge fan of ‘Dream Girl’ Hema Malini. “She is and always will be the most beautiful actress ever The camera loves Hemaji’s face. Every actor/actress has a best profile. With her there is no favourite profile.She looks just as beautiful from every angle.” Speaking of his favourite Hema Malini films , Bhansali says, “I especially love her in her early films like Johnny Mera Naam, Abhinetri, Raja Jani,Gehri Chaal , Sharafat and Andaz and of course Seeta Aur Geeta.I’ve seen these films over and over again and I know every fr | Click Here...
Every Actor Should Work With Sanjay Bhansali At Least Once: Seema Pahwa
The supremely talented Seema Pahwa who dazzled as the matriarch in Dum Lagake Haisha, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari , has changed tracks , and how! In Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubau Kathiawadi Seema plays a role she has never attempted before. Without revealing her character the seasoned actress who first attained national popularity in the Doordarshan series Humlog in 1984, exults over her unprecedented excursion. “I don’t know how Sanjay Bhansali thought of me for this role. Because I’ve never done anything s | Click Here...
Sanjay Bhansali To Make Insha Allah
Sanjay Leela Bhansali is certainly not done with his aborted dream-project Insha Allah,the love story that was to feature Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt, and Salman’s unreasonable demabds(which included signing his friends Sushmita Sen and Daisy Shah) drive SLB around the bend. Taking a flash-decision SLB closed down Insha Allah and quickly moved on to Gangubai Kathiawadi with Alia Bhatt in the title role. But Insha Allah remains in the back of Bhansali’s mind. “It is a beautiful simple timeless love story. Sanjay still wants to make it with Alia and a different leading man, | Click Here...
Did You Know? Sanjay Bhansali Shoots All His Films In The Night
Almost all of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film are shot during the night time. His latest Gangubai Kathiawadi is no exception. The crime drama is being shot all through the night at Film City Mumbai for the last one month, creating serious sleep disorder issues in the director and his leading leading lady Alia Bhatt who finds herself shooting till 5 am and then heading home with the milk vans. By the time her family and loved one(Ranbir Kapoor) are getting ready to wake up and face the day, Alia is fast asleep. “It hasn’t been an easy shooting schedule | Click Here...
No Parth Samthaan In Sanjay Bhansali’s Film, It Was Fake News
There is a classic Lata Mangeshkar-Amitabh Bachchan song that goes Yeh kahan aa gaye hum. It’s time to write a sequel to that song Yeh kahan jaa rahe hum? Wonder where the Covid crisis is taking the entertainment industry! Certainly not on a truthful track. Almost every day a new lie is written about actors, even popular stars, to boost their sagging fortunes. The latest deception attempted to be pulled on an unsuspecting readership is that the Kasauti Zindagi Kay actor Parth Samthaan has been signed to play the romantic lead opposite Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Bhansali’s Gangubai Kath | Click Here...
Sadak 2 to skip theatrical release
So far we‘ve only seen the middle budgeted films succumbing to the OTT lure. Now the Coronova is all set to touch the biggies. One now hears from very reliable sources that Mahesh Bhatt’s comeback film Sadak 2 in which he directs his superstar daughter Alia Bhatt for the first time, is going straight to the digital platform. A source close to the development informs, “Sanjay Dutt(who plays the lead in Sadak 2) is not keen on one of his films going on the OTT platform. But the Bhatts feel there is no other option at the moment.” Alia Bhatt has nothing to worry ab | Click Here...
Year Ender 2019: Biggest Bollywood controversies that shook the world
Every year we hear about fall-outs and love affairs gone wrong. 2019 was no different, what with Kangana and her sister taking on everyone who is worth taking on. Here are the top eyebrow-raisers of the year. Sanjay Bhansali-Salman Khan Split Wide Open: What really happened between Salman Khan and Sanjay Bhansali. I will tell you. The two began working on Insha Allah. But Salman’s….errr…suggestions (some directors would call them outright intrusion) got more and more aggressive. Until one day when the shooti | Click Here...