Alia Bhatt ‘cried’ when ‘Inshallah’ starring Salman Khan was shelved

As the open secret known to the world, Bollywood A-lister Alia Bhatt would share the screen with superstar Salman Khan in ‘Inshallah’her first collaboration with veteran filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, before the two joined forces ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’.

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However, things did not go as planned and ‘Inshallah’ – the biopic of iconic poet Sahir Ludhianvi – was shelved. Alia Bhatt and Sanjay Leela Bhansali gave another biopic on Mafia Queen ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ instead of.

In a new interview with a Hollywood publication, the veteran filmmaker reflected on the moment he informed Bhatt about this ‘Inshallah’ development and revealed that the actor “cried in a locked room” when he heard the news.

“I was doing Inshallah with her. Then suddenly it was shelved. She broke down, burst into tears, cried, became delirious, ranted and locked herself in a room,” he recalled.

Bhansali continued, “Then I called her after a week and said you are playing Gangubai. She said: ‘From Los Angeles, where I would play the character (in Inshallah), I came to Kamathipura. How do I do it? I don’t know this character. ”

“I said, ‘Do you trust me and know me? Then I make use of that strong woman in you, because I see it in your eyes. I can see how strongly you believe in certain things you do, I understood your personality,” he recalled.

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It is also worth noting that Bhatt and Bhansali will reunite for his next ‘Love & War’starring her husband Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal.