Not Ranveer Singh This Superstar Was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s First Choice For Bajirao Mastani

Rumours of Ajay Devgn being approached before Ranveer Singh for Bhansali’s Padmavati are quite rife now! The news was all over the internet and Bhansali productions defined it as irrelevant PR.

Now, according to a report in Deccan Chronicle, “Ajay was never offered Padmavati. The Khilji role was Ranveer Singh’s from the very start. Ajay had been offered Bajirao Mastani; he was the first choice for the role. And Bhansali sir was keen to team up with him again after Hum… Dil De Chuke Sanam. But things didn’t work out then,” the well-informed source told the daily.

Ajay and Bhansali have last worked together in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). The report suggests that the actor-director duo even had two meetings to discuss the role.

But, ultimately Ajay excused himself from being part of the historical saga because of Bajirao Mastani‘s long shoot schedule. Ajay was not ready to invest one full year in the film.