Last week, Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi was released in theaters, and while some said it was the best performance of her career, others argued that she was miscast. Alia gave her sweat and blood to get into the skin of Gangubai. It was Alia’s dream to be Bhansali’s heroine.
However, Sanjay Leela Bhansali explains why he finds Deepika Padukone to be an unsuitable choice for the part of Gangubai Kathiawadi. When you ask him whom he prefers, he explains that he likes all of his actors for different reasons.
Naturally, you always want the right actor for the right role. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has made that much clear in his statement about Deepika Padukone vs Alia Bhatt.
“They are different people,” he said, “They have different approaches, they have different heights. They have different voices, they have different body language. They have a different approach to cinema.”
“ All that put together… Deepika is a beautiful girl, a wonderful actor. For me, Alia is a very beautiful girl, again a wonderful actor. But if I have to do Bajirao Mastani then I will have to have Deepika, and if I’m doing Gangubai, I will have to have Alia play it.”
“So, each one has the power that they exude when they find a role that suits them, and you cannot give the wrong role to the wrong actor.” Indeed no one but the director knows which actor will play his story well.”
He further added, “ Not that in the same breath I can say that Alia could not have played Mastani or Deepika could not have played Gangu. But I feel what casting I’ve done, keeping their essence, is the right casting. So, what Alia did for this role, only Alia could have done. And what Deepika did in those roles only Deepika could have done.”
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