The debacle named Saawariya might still be on his mind, but Sanjay Leela Bhansali might turn things around with the help of his good friend Amitabh Bachchan in Chenab Gandhi.
Bhansali’s film, which will be directed by his assistant Vibhu Puri, who worked with him in Saawariya, will see Amitabh playing a relatively unsung patriotic hero. However, we wonder how Bhansali is feeling about his Saawariya actor Ranbir Kapoor having turned him down for the same film!
When contacted, Bhansali confirmed that Chenab Gandhi is a patriotic film starring Amitabh Bachchan. However, he denied that he had asked Ranbir to star in it. “I didn’t ask Ranbir to play a role in this film,” he said.
However, a friend of Ranbir confirmed and said, “Bhansali did ask Ranbir to play a role in Chenab Gandhi. But Ranbir politely turned it down.”
So why did Ranbir refuse Bhansali? Our well-placed source in the industry said, “Well, Chenab Gandhi is a very serious film and there is not much of romance and songs in the film. Hence, Ranbir refused.”
However, one of Ranbir’s friends has a different tale to tell. He said, “Ranbir has signed several films. He did not have the required dates. Ranbir would have loved to work for Bhansali again, but Bhansali’s film goes on the floors around the time when his dates are locked for other assignments.”
Bhansali added that it was too early to talk about Chenab Gandhi in detail. He simply said, “All patriotic films talk about unsung heroes, don’t they?”
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