New details are emerging about the fallout between Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, which led to the filmmaker calling off the
shoot of Inshallah days before the cameras were meant to roll.
Bhansali told a close friend and collaborator that even if he had agreed to put up with all of the superstar’s “petty interferences”, he could never agree to the script changes Salman was asking for. Among other things, he has said the actor wanted to introduce a track in the film that required a new character, to be played by Katrina Kaif.
Bhansali has told sources he could not agree to this. He has also said he was left with no option but to shelve the film, because once in production he would not be comfortable abandoning the project. The source reveals Bhansali was distressed but knew in his heart that had the cameras begun rolling he would have had to make a series of further compromises.
This is not the first time Salman has pushed Bhansali to consider Katrina for a project. It’s well known the superstar convinced the filmmaker to let Katrina audition for Bajirao Mastani (2015) years ago when Bhansali was intending to make the film with Salman—much before Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone were in the picture. Photos of Katrina’s costume trial had leaked online years ago, as did photos and videos of Kareena’s trial for the same film.
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