My father explained Dada Kondke’s works to me. But at night, people also played Koliwada songs after drinking in the chawl. My father would make me listen to Roshan Ara Begum (late Hindustani classical singer) in the chawls of Bhuleshwar. You have lived in places like Bhuleshwar and Bhindi Bazaar, and faced a difficult childhood. But get me three directors who have never gotten angry. Of course, there have been instances and angry moments. Why am I the only one being singled out for losing my cool or being talked about vis-à-vis my anger? Do you think actors or technicians would work with me if I was losing my cool and throwing things ? People have the impression that I am brooding, dark and intense. Every director, actor and even producer gets angry on the sets. You are known to be a short-tempered person… I would rather put all of that into my films. I don’t want a fancy office in a glass building. If Shah Jahan (Mughal emperor) made the monument out of love and for love, then every film that I make is for my love. People question my budget a lot, but I know that I need to make my Taj Mahals. But at that time, I thought the criticism was biased. This is the film I want to make.” I am not afraid of criticism. I was told, “It’s again suicidal.” And I said, “I don’t care. I still went ahead and made Guzaarish (2010), which didn’t have Hrithik (Roshan actor) dancing and Aishwarya (Rai Bchchan actor) romancing him in the mainstream style. I was devastated when Saawariya (2007) didn’t do well at the box office, not because of the numbers, but because of the kind of response, and the language that was used. If you put pressure on me, I will never succumb to it. You are often criticised for being an indulgent film-maker. I knew in the second standard that I have to be a director. My childhood wasn’t about playing it was about the fight to survive, only to be able to make films. I still go to my old Bhuleshwar house, to smell the air there, and to see the rickety window. I wanted to be in the world where Helen (actor) was dancing and Dilip Kumar (actor) was saying his dialogue. Today, we are in the lower-middle class strata we should stay away from films.” So, one part of me kept hearing that the other part was dreaming cinema. I was told, “Look how the film world has brought us so many problems and financial stress. Right from childhood, I would come back from school and listen to the radio. My mind was never into school, and education did not matter to me. When my cousins would come home, I wouldn’t interact with them. I lived in a small house because of our circumstances, and where we lived, we were not allowed to go out and play too much. Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. What I got as legacy was a poster of the film, Jahaji Lootera (1958), which was produced by my father. I never knew what kind of films would I make or I am supposed to make. A lot of it also comes with the angst that my father could not achieve the kind of success he wanted. I realised that I wanted to be in the studio. I was seduced at a very young age by what cinema can do I was mesmerised. One day, my father took me to his friend’s shoot. When my father’s (Navin Bhansali producer) friends’ films would wrap up, trunks filled with costumes and make-up would come home. I wanted to be a director maybe because of the atmosphere at home. Here, he talks about his “claustrophobic” childhood, the criticism he’s faced, and more.ĭid you have any particular plan in mind when you entered the film industry? But a free-flowing chat with Sanjay Leela Bhansali at his quaint office in Juhu, gives a sneak peek into the fact that the 52-year-old film-maker’s inspirations and influences have been simple, and as diverse as Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (late Hindustani classical vocalist) and Dada Kondke (late Marathi actor-producer). upcomingregionalsection.cms?parentid=61017241&genere=*:* /upcomingregionalsection.He is one of the most-celebrated film-makers in Bollywood, who is known for his larger-than-life cinema.
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