Sanjay Leela Bhansali is likely to be occupied with the months-long, intense shoot of his directorial enterprise Love & Struggle, however that has not slowed down his work as a producer. The maverick filmmaker has concurrently been lining up a big slate of initiatives below his Bhansali Productions banner, together with the biopic of Madhubala and a mythological jungle journey movie starring Dhanush.
SCOOP: Sanjay Leela Bhansali indicators Grahan director Ranjan Chandel for historic epic
Including to the already expansive lineup, Bhansali has now signed Grahan director Ranjan Chandel for a historic epic. Particulars of the mission are being stored tightly below wraps in the intervening time, however sources say the writing has been accomplished, and the mission will quickly transfer into casting. The workforce is outwardly ready for Bhansali to complete Love & Struggle and overview the mission earlier than transferring to the subsequent stage. Manufacturing is being deliberate for the primary half of 2027.
The yet-untitled mission marks a very completely different territory for Ranjan Chandel, who’s primarily identified for grounded, sensible and emotionally heavy narratives that mix crime, politics and romance. In distinction, Bhansali Productions is thought for lavish, visually wealthy dramas mounted on a big canvas, reflecting sensibilities just like these related to Bhansali’s personal directorial ventures. The movie has been in improvement for a 12 months, with Chandel carefully working with Bhansali on the scripting course of. Sources say the sudden collaboration is anticipated to carry a definite flavour to the historic drama.
Chandel is finest identified for steering JioHotstar’s critically acclaimed Grahan, against the law drama sequence based mostly on Satya Vyas’ novel Chaurasi, which revolves round an IPS officer making an attempt to unravel the reality when her father is accused of collaborating within the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Jharkhand. Beforehand, he directed the romantic action-drama Bamfaad, starring Aditya Rawal and Shalini Pandey. The director has labored carefully with Anurag Kashyap, first as an AD on Raman Raghav 2.0 and later as a co-writer on Mukkabaaz and Nishaanchi. He additionally wrote Neeraj Ghaywan’s in style brief movie Juice earlier than making his directorial debut with the award-winning brief movie Jaan Jigar in 2018.
Chandel additionally directed Vikrant Massey-starrer The Sabarmati Report (2024) however stepped away from the mission in the direction of the top of the shoot resulting from inventive variations with producer Ekta Kapoor. Subsequent, he’s set to direct the fourth season of ZEE 5’s flagship present Rangbaaz. Mohit Raina, Vijay Raaz, Arunoday Singh, Pawan Malhotra, Zoya Afroz, Rahul Dev, Ashutosh Rana, Manu Rishi Chadha and Kanikka Kapoor play pivotal roles within the crime drama, which not too long ago started capturing in Bhopal. Chandel is anticipated to begin pre-production on the Bhansali mission instantly after finishing the net sequence.
In the meantime, Bhansali is at present capturing the ultimate schedule of his much-awaited interval love story Love & Struggle, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal and Alia Bhatt, at Royal Palms in Goregaon. As soon as the shoot wraps, the identical location is anticipated to be utilised for his manufacturing enterprise Madhubala, which is able to go on flooring in October, with Dhurandhar actress Sara Arjun taking part in the titular function. His different manufacturing, a mythological jungle journey starring Dhanush, is about to enter manufacturing in February 2027.
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