W*F SRK as Bajirao

Even as the world continues to speculate about the actor who will play Bajirao in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani, there's buzz that indicates SLB was in an advanced stage of talks with Ajay Devgn (his Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam hero) for Bajirao.

And Katrina Kaif was reportedly on stand-by forthe role of Mastani.

However, one hears from a very reliable source that Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay, who have blown hot and cold with one another several times since Devdas, but who are currently on a special wicket, are very close these days.

In fact, on several occasions, both SRK and SLB have taken favours from one another as far as sharing their common heroine Deepika Padukone's (Chennai Express and Ram Leela) dates go.

One speculation that is currently rife is whether SRK will be SLB's Bajirao. Who knows, till the final casting actually happens, such talk will abound.

One also hears the filmmaker and the actor have been discussing the Mary Kom film closely. Guess it is their common interest in good cinema that is binding them
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