Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Mahesh Bhatt warned Sanjay Leela Bhansali not to 'squeeze the last drop' out of Alia Bhatt in pursuit of excellence: 'As a parent, it would be a concern'

September 25, 2025 12:48 pm

Mahesh Bhatt said that he was against the idea of Alia Bhatt's education suffering when she was approached by Sanjay Leela Bhansali to star in his film Balika Vadhu.

'Angry Salman Khan would say Aishwarya Rai thinks she is pretty, ask her to look at Waheeda Rehman,' recalls Himani Shivpuri: 'Samjhao isko'

September 18, 2025 4:27 pm

Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai first met on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

Alia Bhatt opens up about the 'challenge' with Raha's schedule as she and husband Ranbir Kapoor work on Love and War: 'We’ve made most of the film at night so...'

September 04, 2025 7:15 pm

Alia Bhatt shared that motherhood is influencing her film choices, and she’s now drawn to doing a comedy her daughter can enjoy.

FIR lodged against Sanjay Leela Bhansali for fraud, misbehaviour, and breach of trust by Love and War line producer

September 03, 2025 11:32 am

Hospitality CEO Prateek Raj Mathur has accused filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and two of his team members of removing him from Love & War without payment after assigning him responsibilities as the line producer, the Bikaner police said.

When Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan locked horns with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for dropping them from Devdas: 'He hurt me, I'll never work with him'

August 17, 2025 8:29 am

Sanjay Leela Bhansali had approached Saif Ali Khan for the role of Chunilal, where he had taken screen test of Kareena Kapoor for the role of Paro.

If books could dance: 7 literary scenes that beg for a Bollywood number

August 21, 2025 11:30 am

From ballroom glances to folk dances, these seven literary moments practically beg for a choreographer’s touch. Imagine Sanjay Leela Bhansali meeting Arundhati Roy or classical Kathak flowing through Draupadi’s destiny. If fiction had footwork, here’s where the spotlight would fall.

Salman Khan refused to hug me in front of Aishwarya Rai: Actress recalls tense moment on Bhansali set

August 07, 2025 6:58 pm

Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai worked together on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Sheeba Chaddha didn't have a pleasant experience working with Salman, who refused to hug her in one scene.

Furious Salman Khan stormed off set, door hit an elderly crew member by accident; Sheeba Chaddha recalls thinking, 'Baap re, is this how stars behave?'

August 06, 2025 2:00 pm

Actor Sheeba Chaddha admitted that Salman Khan was temperamental on the set of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, as she narrated anecdotes about his behaviour while making the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film.

Shah Rukh Khan called Devdas background score 'bakwas' after Sanjay Leela Bhansali mixed up the music, recalls Monty Sharma: 'SRK used a cuss word'

July 30, 2025 1:39 pm

While composing background score for Shah Rukh Khan-Aishwarya Rai-Madhuri Dixit's Devdas, Monty Sharma recalls how there was a mix-up, leading to a confrontation with Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Had to postpone my wedding five times because Sanjay Leela Bhansali was worried about finishing Devdas, recalls composer: 'I snapped'

July 29, 2025 8:28 pm

Monty Sharma, who worked on the background music of Devds, recalled that he had to postpone his wedding five times because Sanjay Leela Bhansali insisted on finishing the film.

Meet Heeramandi's characters as they radiate Sanjay Leela Bhansali's vision

February 29, 2024 2:47 pm

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali introduced the six intriguing characters of his debut web show Heeramandi. The series stars Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Manisha Koirala, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh and Sharmin Segal.

6 song sequences from Devdas that tell stories on their own

July 12, 2022 4:55 pm

On its 20th anniversary, here is looking at 6 of the most stunning song sequences from Devdas, which tell stories of their own.

National Film Awards 2019: Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana, Keerthy Suresh and others win big

December 24, 2019 9:00 am

Akshay Kumar, Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana and Keerthy Suresh among others were honoured at the 66th National Film Awards ceremony.

Celeb spotting: Anushka Sharma, Tiger Shroff, Urmila Matondkar and more

April 08, 2018 6:00 pm

R Madhavan was seen at the Mumbai airport. The actor underwent a shoulder surgery recently.

Bollywood box-office January 2018: Deepika Padukone's Padmaavat steals the show

January 31, 2018 7:23 am

Though a number of small-budget films including Saif Ali Khan's Kaalakaandi, Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz and Zareen Khan's 1921 also delivered decent performances at the box office, January 2018 was all about Padmaavat's clean sweep.

Deepika attends Padmaavat screening with Bhansali, Alia walks in with Ranbir

January 25, 2018 1:33 pm

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Padmaavat has finally released. While critics are going gaga over the film, it is now the chance of the audience to give their verdict.

Padmavati: Vandalising sets to beheading threats for Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Deepika Padukone, here are all the protests

November 20, 2017 4:49 pm

Padmavati protests: Sanjay Leela Bhansali film has received a number of threats from political and religious organisations. Here's a timeline of what the Deepika Padukone film has suffered so far.

Aishwarya Rai's father Krishnaraj Rai's funeral: Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali visit Bachchans

March 19, 2017 11:13 am

Aishwarya Rai's father Krishnaraj Rai's funeral took place around 8.30 pm at Vile Parle Seva Sansthan Shamshan Bhoomi last night.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali parties with SRK, Aishwarya, Ranveer, Sonam post National Awards win

March 29, 2016 11:32 am

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali hosted a party for close friends from the film fraternity hours after winning National Award for his directorial venture Bajirao Mastani on Monday (March 28). Devdas co-stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with Bajirao Ranveer Singh and Saawariya actress Sonam Kapoor were there at the party. Veteran actress Rekha, youngster Athiya Shetty, Bhumi Pednekar and Huma Qureshi also made it to the most happening party of the night. A look

National Awards 2016: Amitabh Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Baahubali are big winners

March 28, 2016 2:27 pm

Amitabh Bachchan won Best Actor award for playing a hypochondriac father in "Piku", while Kangana Ranaut scored her second consecutive Best Actress honour at the 63rd National Film Awards, where Hindi films won in major categories barring the top prize that went to "Baahubali".

5 Reasons To Watch Sanjay Leela Bhansali Film Padmaavat

June 22, 2020 6:28 pm