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"My temperament doesn,t allow me to make a Rowdy Rathore" -Sanjay Leela Bhansali

IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, November 13, 2013]

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B-town filmmaker with respect Sanjay Leela Bhansali's love this time in Ram - Leela is sniffed with LSD (Lust, Sensation and a bit of Dhoka to his style). Again the influence of Gujarat is evident and he admits that his adaptation of Shakesphere's Romeo and Juliet is taken from Gujarat folk theatre. Proud to be Gujarati Bhansali is glad to showcase the beauty, the food and the culture of Gujarat and his love for his religion, tradition and folk art through his film. Over to the director:

You had earlier signed Kareena Kapoor for the female lead what went wrong

I was always fond of Kareena and wanted to cast her in my film but it didn't work out so finally we amicably parted ways.

Did her marriage with Saif Ali Khan came into your way

No, I don't think that is the criteria. Madhuri Dixit was also married when she did Devdas. I never told her that we cant work together because she is married. Deepika came in when we had already signed the hero and she has done a fantastic job. The first thing she told me when she came on the sets is "I will do my best that you will regret you didn't cast me in the first place. She was very confident and was full of energy. She is like the classical heroines and stands in the league of Mdhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai and Sridevi.

First time Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are playing the lead. Did you cast them because of the gossip rumour mills filled with stories of their off screen camaraderie

As I told earlier Deepika came in when we had already signed Ranveer as the hero. What they do off-screen is not my concern as a director. I was excited to see them on screen and they have done a great job. I personally enjoyed working with them. It's a love story and the vibes of both of them come on screen very well. They look like they are actually in love. When actors feel love on screen there are chances that the film will do well. They both got so involved that it has translated beautifully on screen.

Why a song with Priyanka then

Priyanka has done a fantastic job in a song. She is a great actress and is doing my next film Mary Kom which is a biopic on a living legend. She has a lot of spirit and is a fighter full of energy and performance. I felt she would be right for the song and I was right the song has turned out beautifully.

As a producer you are experimenting with different subject but as a director you make only love stories.

I prefer producing films which otherwise I wouldn't have been able to direct. My temperament doesn't allow me to make such films. Whether it's Bela Sehgal's Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi or Prabhudeva's Rowdy Rathore. They approached me and they were good at it. I never went on the sets even once because they are the genres of film that I could direct. I am making interesting films like Mary Kom which is based on a current icon. It's a biopic. Usually a biopic is made on people who are retired and gone or are not existing. Then I am producing Gabbar which is another interesting film. I would love to direct a comedy someday or a thriller. I can't experiment with the horror genre. I wish I had made Rowdy Rathore. It was an interesting film. Everyone has his own style of making films.

You have been hugely influenced by Gujarat

Yes I love Gujarat and Gujarati food. I love portraying our culture and tradition through my films. I want to keep them alive. I am worried that slowly this culture will fade away. I had planned Ram - Leela during the making of Khamoshi.

But Khamoshi didn't do well and I didn't have the finances to make the film. Later I did Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and I had explored contemporary Gujarat. I felt people would have said it's too much of Gujarati. I have been hugely inspired by it. Ramleela was based on folk art which is slowly dwindling. They are the real people of our nation and I am doing my bit by showing it in my films.

You have shown so much passion and love on screen how has your real life been

I have gone through a tumultuous journey and it has been a great learning process. I have learnt a lot through this process. This learning process has made me the person I am today and that is what I try to bring on screen. I am not dejected with life I have learnt all the good and bad experience and it has made me rich as a filmmaker. I have tried to put all these personal experiences through my films be it Black, Guzaarish or Saawariya. I cant reveal which scene or which moment I have revealed myself but I will put it all in a book someday.

Share something about your passion for music

I love music. My life has been largely influenced by music right from childhood. I would listen to radio day in and day out. My day started with the radio and ended with the radio. I have been influenced by songs from Vijay Anand Films, Guru Dutt, Raj Kappoor, V. Shantaram, Raj Khosla all great directors. I would also listen to Ustad Aamir Khan and Bade Ghulam Ali. I realized that music creates mass hysteria. I have studied it thoroughly and would imagine how I would have shot the song. I have always believed that music has to be good if it doesn't entertain people will not go for movies.

You have often been said to be a task master on the sets?

One has to be a task master to abstract good work from stars. I believe it's a myth created by people outside the sets. We also have fun on the sets. I do get angry when my work is not done on time but I love and pamper my actors. I believe they are artistes and they need to be pampered in order to get good work from them.

What is your opinion about the whole The 100 Crore business does it put a pressure on directors like you.

Yes it's the new thing in the industry and it helps the industry in terms of box office collection. But it doesn't concern me. At the end of the day for me it is how I make the film and will people enjoy it or not. Devdas made more than 100 crores I never took notice of it. In terms of money yes it does help a filmmaker to make his next film.

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Ranveer Singh: Sanjay Leela Bhansali is playing to his strength with RAM-LEELA

November 13, 2013 05:24:24 PM IST
By Joginder Tuteja, Glamsham Editorial

Ranveer Singh is now less than 50 hours away from the biggest film ever of his career, RAM-LEELA. The film, ever since its inception, has made all the right noise for the right reasons and with all around positivism surrounding this Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed affair, one can sense that the filmmaker has gone totally commercial with this one while maintaining his artistic sensibilities.



	RANVEER SINGH and SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI

"That is absolutely true," says Ranveer who has been promoting the film extensively along with Deepika Padukone, "Mr. Bhansali is working with all the ingredients of a quintessential mainstream masalaentertainer. Everything that you can ask for in a commercial entertainer, it is there. Whether it is the apparent sexuality, songs, comedy, romance, drama - everything is in there. It is a bag of goodies that you wish to open once the film plays on screen."

From a director who started his directorial career with a rather sombre KHAMOSHI, it is good to see him bring on some dhoom dhadaaka, mauj and masti in the film.

Says Ranveer, "I love this kind of dhoom dhadaaka created by Mr. Bhansali on screen. When someone like him says that he wants to make a mainstream film, it is with a different kind of treatment altogether. Whether it is the cuteness and sweetness of the romance, intense drama that we have loved in DEVDAS, the colours and vibrancy, splendour, flamboyance - just about everything is in there."

As a final word, he adds, "Mr. Bhansali is playing to his strength. Period."

Well, we would know once this Kishore Lulla and Sanjay Leela Bhansali produced film releases all over this Friday.

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He's in Ram Leela?? OMG He looks so ☺️☺️

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Delhi court vacates stay on Ram-Leela release in Delhi and other cities #ht

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Court lifts stay on Ram-Leela

By Bollywood Hungama News Network, Nov 13, 2013 - 18:11 hrs IST

Readers may be aware that a stay had been imposed upon the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Ram-Leelabut the recent development is that it has now been lifted and the film will be releasing on November 15 as planned.

Earlier, the movie Ram-Leela faced legal crisis owing to its bold content. Certain Hindu community workers claimed that the sex, vulgarity and violence portrayed in a film with a mythological title like 'Ram Leela' may hurt the sentiments of many. Hence, six petitioners along with the Prabhu Samaj Dharmik Ram Leela Committee filed a suit against the filmmakers for using the title of the folklore 'Ram Leela' for the film. However, Sanjay Leela Bhansali too had responded to this case by releasing a letter stating that the film does not resemble any mythological folklore but is an Indian adaptation of the Shakespearean romance Romeo and Juliet.

And recently, the Delhi court decided to vacate the stay on the film and has allowed Bhansali to release it worldwide as per the scheduled date.

Check out this space for more updates.

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Delhi court vacates stay on Ram-Leela release in Delhi and other cities #ht

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Obviously yesterday they sorted out the problems, so they had to vacate the stay.

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First time Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are playing the lead. Did you cast them because of the gossip rumour mills filled with stories of their off screen camaraderie

As I told earlier Deepika came in when we had already signed Ranveer as the hero. What they do off-screen is not my concern as a director. I was excited to see them on screen and they have done a great job. I personally enjoyed working with them. It's a love story and the vibes of both of them come on screen very well. They look like they are actually in love. When actors feel love on screen there are chances that the film will do well. They both got so involved that it has translated beautifully on screen.

So, SLB also confirms that Deepz and Veeru are involved...hmmm🤔

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So result of today's survey is this tat #RamLeela will open approx 40-60% n first day collection will be approx 10-14Cr Rest depends on film

I am posting this to keep my expectation to around this range😛

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Has they lifted stay ?

Yes👍🏼

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Originally posted by: poppy2009
So, SLB also confirms that Deepz and Veeru are involved...hmmm

Poor Ranveer and Deepika..SLB must have been playing out his ownfantasies on the sets..full on Rasleela😛Happened on the sets of Saawariya too.Ranbir ka nasha jaldi utar gaya😕

Now lets see how long the effect lasts...

like Ranveer says ..On the next set,there will be a new drama!The director will say-aise dekho usey,aise chuo,jaise tumhe pyar hogaya hai..feel it! feel it! aah..Let it come organically😆