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Bajirao Mastani starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone was released in 2015 and achieved great success at the box office. Sanjay Leela Bhansali originally imagined Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles …Read more
Highlights
- Bajirao Mastani is based on the princess of Bundelkhand
- Aishwarya Rai was the first choice of Bhansali’s Mastani character
- Bhansali wanted to cast Salman Khan in the role of Raja
New Delhi: Sanjay Leela Bhansali brought power couples Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone for blockbuster film Bajirao Mastani (Bajirao Mastani). The film immediately became a hit and the audience liked the actors a lot. Moving out of real life, people also appreciated the on -screen love chemistry of both. But do you know that Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s first choice for this film was not Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. Yes. Filmmaker was going to cast another Bollywood power couple in this film.
‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ was the first choice of Bhansali
According to media reports, Sanjay Leela Bhansali originally wanted to take Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai in the lead role for Bajirao Mastani, before he also worked together in ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. But unfortunately, this project never happened to him. It is said that during that time there had been a cracks between Bhansali and Aishwarya, so Aishwarya never came with them again. Let us tell you that Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Aishwarya Rai spoke about the controversy between them in 2004 on Koffee with Karan. Bhansali claimed that the misunderstandings between them had given up speculation of the quarrel. Meanwhile, Aishwarya clarified that a magazine had published a wrong rumor in her name. He helped to resolve the issue with journalists and Bhansali.
Rumor of rift between Aishwarya and Bhansali
The actress later clarified that she and Bhansali had decided by mutual consent not to work on Bajirao Mastani due to creative differences. She was ready to play the role of Mastani, but Bhansali’s vision for Bajirao did not match her. Meanwhile, there was speculation in the media that she was getting out of LM, which disappointed the filmmakers. Actually, during that time the actress was recovering from a deep injury and could not talk directly to Bhansali at that time. Apart from this, she was hurt by Bhansali not going to meet her in the hospital. Aishwarya and Bhansali have been silent for more than a year due to misunderstandings and media speculation.
Deepika emerged as power couple- Ranveer
After the struggle to search for the right couple for Bajirao Mastani, Bhansali finally cast Ranveer and Deepika in the 2015 film. The film also stars Priyanka Chopra in the lead role. Bajirao Mastani got great success at the box office and earned more than Rs 254 crore in India and more than Rs 102.2 crore abroad, which earned more than Rs 356.2 crore worldwide. The film shows the romance between Maratha commander Bajirao I and Princess Mastani of Bundelkhand.
