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AND THE WAR OF WORDS FINALLY ENDS
By Ankur Pathak, Mumbai Mirror | May 21, 2015, 12.00 AM IST
Karan Johar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali hug it out at a party on Tuesday night
Karan Johar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who were caught up in a bitter fight over the casting of Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh for their respective films, have kissed and made up.
Last August, two of Bollywood's A-list filmmakers were embroiled in a bitter war of words. Karan Johar was spitting venom because Sanjay Leela Bhansali who pulled off a casting coup by roping in the lead pair of his last film, Goliyon Ki Raas Leela Ram Leela, for his next film, Bajirao Mastani. The fight reportedly was because KJo had planned to cast Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in his ambitious film, Shuddhi, after the original leads, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor, dropped out, a fact that he denied.
In an interview to Mirror (July 17, 2014) Karan had said that he shares a "formal, civil and amicable equation with Sanjay Bhansali, nothing beyond that". And added, "So there's no reason for me to speak to him about Shuddhi. He didn't discuss the Bajirao Mastani announcement with me." In another interview, KJo also said that SLB has gone into a space of 'negativity and darkness'
To this Bhansali had retorted (Mirror, September 3, 2014), "I've never understood why someone, who you think is a friend, would publicly talk ill about you."
On being quizzed about poaching Karan's stars, he argued, "I had my cast in place, so I didn't need Karan's permission. I've never had an ambition to become the most powerful man in the industry."
The bitterness stayed for the subsequent months and the two never interacted. However, the age-old adage of there being no permanent friends or foes in the industry continues to ring true. At a recent bash the two found themselves next to each other and hugged, kissed and sorted out their past differences.
Said a source who witnessed the midnight encounter, "They looked at each other...And just smiled. It was as if they had never fought. They spoke for a good 30 minutes about everything, from current films to their past differences. By the time they were ready to go home, all was well."
When we reached out to Bhansali, he said, "It's nice when you meet old friends. and start over as if you'd never fought. The bitterness is behind us now, for good."
Last August, two of Bollywood's A-list filmmakers were embroiled in a bitter war of words. Karan Johar was spitting venom because Sanjay Leela Bhansali who pulled off a casting coup by roping in the lead pair of his last film, Goliyon Ki Raas Leela Ram Leela, for his next film, Bajirao Mastani. The fight reportedly was because KJo had planned to cast Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in his ambitious film, Shuddhi, after the original leads, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor, dropped out, a fact that he denied.
In an interview to Mirror (July 17, 2014) Karan had said that he shares a "formal, civil and amicable equation with Sanjay Bhansali, nothing beyond that". And added, "So there's no reason for me to speak to him about Shuddhi. He didn't discuss the Bajirao Mastani announcement with me." In another interview, KJo also said that SLB has gone into a space of 'negativity and darkness'
To this Bhansali had retorted (Mirror, September 3, 2014), "I've never understood why someone, who you think is a friend, would publicly talk ill about you."
On being quizzed about poaching Karan's stars, he argued, "I had my cast in place, so I didn't need Karan's permission. I've never had an ambition to become the most powerful man in the industry."
The bitterness stayed for the subsequent months and the two never interacted. However, the age-old adage of there being no permanent friends or foes in the industry continues to ring true. At a recent bash the two found themselves next to each other and hugged, kissed and sorted out their past differences.
Said a source who witnessed the midnight encounter, "They looked at each other...And just smiled. It was as if they had never fought. They spoke for a good 30 minutes about everything, from current films to their past differences. By the time they were ready to go home, all was well."
When we reached out to Bhansali, he said, "It's nice when you meet old friends. and start over as if you'd never fought. The bitterness is behind us now, for good."
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