Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Salman Khan said Sanjay Leela Bhansali 'treated Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor as assistants' on Saawariya: 'Even though they were Rishi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor's kids...'

November 09, 2025 2:37 pm

Sanjay Leela Bhansali thought Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor were stars when he first met them, but they wanted to undergo training in filmmaking under him first. So they assisted him on Black before headlining his 2007 romance Saawariya.

'We were all sad to hear about Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai's fights; Sanjay Leela Bhansali betrayed him by signing Shah Rukh Khan for Devdas': Ismail Darbar

October 08, 2025 4:23 pm

According to Ismail Darbar, Salman Khan did Sanjay Leela Bhansali a favour by working with him on Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, but was replaced by Shah Rukh Khan in Devdas.

Ismail Darbar denies forcing second wife Preeti to convert to Islam, hid marriage from first wife: 'She ties my shoelaces to this day'

October 08, 2025 2:15 pm

Music director Ismail Darbar, the father of influencers Awez Darbar and Zaid Darbar, opened up about his second marriage, and his wife's conversion.

Devdas composer Ismail Darbar on bitter fallout with Sanjay Leela Bhansali: 'I won't work with him if he gives me Rs 100 cr'

October 08, 2025 11:46 am

Music composer Ismail Darbar reveals why he never collaborated with Sanjay Leela Bhansali after the success of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas.

Shah Rukh Khan-Aishwarya Rai's Devdas producer was arrested while filming; it was a nightmare to get our money, recall Abu-Sandeep

October 02, 2025 2:31 pm

Famed designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla recall the chaos that ensued on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial Devdas, after its producer Bharat Shah got arrested while shooting,

Aditya Narayan reveals Shaapit's failure left him jobless for a year; recalls working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an AD: 'He wanted Rani Mukerji for Gangubai'

September 29, 2025 7:57 pm

Aditya Narayan recently opened up about the impact Shaapit's failure had on his career, revealing that nobody gave him work for an entire year afterwards.

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.

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