‘Saw Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s love for the craft’: Sharad Kelkar says director reshot scene with 1000 dancers after noticing unlit lamp

Sharad Kelkar recalled how Sanjay Leela Bhansali noticed one unlit lamp on the sets of Ram Leela and decided to shoot the whole scene again.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela. (Photo: Eros/YouTube)

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Actor Sharad Kelkar, who worked with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela, revealed that Bhansali has a keen eye for detail on set. He said that during a dance sequence involving 1000 people, Bhansali noticed one unlit lamp among hundreds and decided to reshoot the entire scene after lighting that lamp.

In an interview with Humans of Bombay, the actor said that his friend asked him if he could leave TV and audition for Bhansali’s Ram Leela. “It was a completely different world for me. I came from a world where we don’t have time, we don’t have money.”

He added, “Mr Bhansali’s world was completely different, it was a complete shocker. But the experience was something else. I saw the love for the craft in it. He will not leave until he is satisfied that what he has visualized in his thoughts, he could execute or present on screen.”

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Talking about a particular dance sequence, he said, “So I still remember there was this one shot with full dancing, there are thousand people on the set and the song sequence is going on. But there was one dia (lamp) which was not lit, somewhere far behind. A normal filmmaker would not give a damn about it saying there are 50 other lamps. The whole shot was ok, but he said one more. He (Bhansali) said ‘The dia is not lit there, go light it.’ I could see this guy goes into the minutest details of filmmaking and he is so political about his craft.”

Starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, Ram Leela was a hit at the box office.

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