Sanjay Leela Bhansali speaks up on comparisons between Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a magician filmmaker and every talented name in the industry wants to work with him. It is every actresses’ dream to be called a Sanjay Leela Bhansali heroine. One of the actresses to have recently joined that bandwagon is none other than Alia Bhatt who is the lead in his latest release – Gangubai Kathiawadi. There have been some murmurs making rounds on comparisons between Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone who has been his lead actress for three of his major blockbusters – Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, Bajirao Mastani, and Padmaavat.

Answering a leading daily where he was asked how the two actresses are different with their talents in his perspective, he commented, “They are different people. They have different approaches, they have different heights. They have different voices, they have different body language. They have different approaches to cinema. All that put together… Deepika is a beautiful girl, 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 their own power that they exude when they find a role that suits them, and you cannot give the wrong role to the wrong actor.”

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.”

Gangubai Kathiawadi has done wonders at the box office by collecting 63 Crores in less than a week. It continues to get excellent reviews and responses to the storyline as well as Alia Bhatt’s impressive performance.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is said to be busy in the making of his upcoming Netflix series – Heeramandi which also involves a similar storyline.