Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Ace film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali unveiled the first look of his awaited global drama series, "Heeramandi", soon to stream on Netflix. The first look shows actresses like Aditi Rao Hydari, Sonakshi Sinha, Manisha Koirala, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Shaikh and Sharmin Segal. The series explores the cultural reality of 'Heeramandi', set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Indian freedom struggle of the 1940s, in terms of stories… read-more

After Akshay Kumar's Sooryavanshi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi had a bumper opening box office collection Rs 10.5 crores on the opening day, February 25. The collection was despite 50% occupancy in theatres and no night show in major cities like Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. Recently the movie also got legal clearance from the Bombay High Court, after Congress MLA filed a case against the… read-more

Sanjay Leela Bansali’s collaboration with Netflix is about to set for a release of a web series titled Heeramandi. The series will showcase the life of sex workers in Lahore before India’s independence. "It is a huge saga about the courtesans of Lahore, it is something I was living with for 14 years. It’s very vast and ambitious,” said Bansali. Besides, Bhansali marked his 25 years in filmmaking on August 9.

A Mumbai court has summoned director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Alia Bhatt over charges pressed against their upcoming biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi. Based on a chapter from Hussain Zaidi's book 'Mafia Queens of Mumbai,' the film was challenged in court by Gangubai's adopted son Babu Rawji Shah. While Shah alleged the chapter as defamatory and infringing his privacy and self-respect rights, the court has summoned both Bhansali and Alia… read-more

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has landed in a controversy after the residents of Kamathipura have objected to the alleged defamation of the place in 'Gangubai Kathiawadi'. Starring Alia Bhatt, the film depicts the story of a sex worker in Kamathipura's famous red light area. As per residents, the film is "extremely damaging" as it maligned the 200-year-old history of the place and wasted the locals' efforts to erase the stigma associated… read-more