Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have not been on talking terms since he passed vitriolic comments about the director's film Guzaarish.
Mumbai:
Looks like the rivalry between filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Salman Khan has reached an all new level, with buzz about the director having landed the remake rights of southern hit Kanchana.
There had been buzz a while ago that Salman was interested in acquiring the project, which would have been helmed by his brother Sohail.
Ultimately though nothing turned out, apparently because of moolah matters. Sources say that the makers of the southern movie wanted a whopping amount of Rs 2.5 crore just to hand over the remake rights.
Though Bhansali had directed Salman in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, the actor and the filmmaker had a bitter parting after Salman apparently made some vitriolic comments about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish. Bhansali is now said to be on the lookout for an actor for the project.
A source says, "There have been a lot of rumours about Kanchana's remake. At the time when Salman was said to acquire the film, he was supposed to play the lead role in the film. Later, it was said that Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt were also in the race."
"Other filmmakers too seemed interested in the southern hit. For Guzaarish too, it was Salman who was to act in the film initially. But Sanjay Leela Bhansali later chose Hrithik Roshan over him and even cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan," the source added.
With the two not on speaking terms ever since and Sanjay Leela Bhansali having bagged the project now, it could make things a tad worse between the friends-turned-foes.
The source says, "Salman and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's enmity is not new and this development seems to have taken their acrimony to a whole new level."
Both Salman and Bhansali remained unavailable for comment.
There had been buzz a while ago that Salman was interested in acquiring the project, which would have been helmed by his brother Sohail.
Ultimately though nothing turned out, apparently because of moolah matters. Sources say that the makers of the southern movie wanted a whopping amount of Rs 2.5 crore just to hand over the remake rights.
Though Bhansali had directed Salman in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, the actor and the filmmaker had a bitter parting after Salman apparently made some vitriolic comments about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish. Bhansali is now said to be on the lookout for an actor for the project.
A source says, "There have been a lot of rumours about Kanchana's remake. At the time when Salman was said to acquire the film, he was supposed to play the lead role in the film. Later, it was said that Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt were also in the race."
"Other filmmakers too seemed interested in the southern hit. For Guzaarish too, it was Salman who was to act in the film initially. But Sanjay Leela Bhansali later chose Hrithik Roshan over him and even cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan," the source added.
With the two not on speaking terms ever since and Sanjay Leela Bhansali having bagged the project now, it could make things a tad worse between the friends-turned-foes.
The source says, "Salman and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's enmity is not new and this development seems to have taken their acrimony to a whole new level."
Both Salman and Bhansali remained unavailable for comment.
