Sanjay Leela Bhansali Will Start Working On ‘Baiju Bawra’ Next

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has a lot planned for his upcoming projects. After Gangubai Kathiawadi, the film starring Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is bringing us a web series, which will release on Netflix, and will be titled, Heera Mandi. Recently, the director also announced that the next project he will be undertaking is a film based on the legendary singer of India, Baiju Bawra. Read on to know more about it.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known for films with groundbreaking stories, grand sets, and amazing casting. His upcoming film, Gangubai Kathiawadi, which stars Alia Bhatt, is slated to release in India in July 2021. After that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is working on the web series Heera Mandi, which will release on Netflix. Reports say that he himself has taken up the role of casting director for the series. Actors like Huma Qureshi, Sonakshi Sinha, Kartik Aaryan, and Nimrat Kaur, are reported to be a part of this series.

Now, the Padmavat director has made an announcement that the next project that he will be working on, will be based on the life of Baiju Bawra. Baiju Bawra (real name Baijnath Mishra), was a singer from Gujarat, in medieval times, and is known to have defeated Tansen in a music duel. In 1952, director Vijay Bhatt had also made a film on his life, titled Baiju Bawra, which starred Bharat Bhushan and Meena Kumari. The film is considered one of the best Indian films of all time. Sanjay Leela Bhansali said that his film on Baiju Bawra will be inspired by the 1952 film.

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Now that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has undertaken this project, the film is expected to do wonders, with a great cast, great music, and great production design. 

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