Chhaya Kadam says Sanjay Leela Bhansali got angry on Gangubai Kathiawadi sets but felt ‘he has the right’: ‘If we ruin what he has thought…’

She further opened up, “I saw some things there… when he got upset. I thought ‘This is not how it works’ and ‘I haven’t worked on such a set before’. But afterwards, we just spoke once and everything was clear after that. Post that, it was smooth sailing.”

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Chhaya recalled that during one of the dance sequences, Bhansali gave her the chance to choreograph for her own character. She shared that even though the choreographer had prepared some steps, Bhansali wasn’t convinced with it so he asked Chhaya how would Rashmibai perform in a dance sequence. “The choreographer had some other steps for Rashmibai. Sir saw it once and he left. He came back and asked me how would Rashmibai perform? Then I thought about it and I showed it to him. He really liked it. He gives a lot of freedom. People only talk about his anger but getting this kind of freedom is also very important,” she said.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali recently released his first web series Heeramandi on Netflix. He is now working on his next feature film Love & War starring Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal and Ranbir Kapoor.