Bajirao Mastani is the biggest film I’m making, says Sanjay Leela Bhansali

After having been just conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is in high spirits. In an interview to Bollywood Hungama, the filmmaker told that the recognition bestowed only gets him to work even harder. Sanjay also threw some light on his ambitious project Bajirao Mastani.

If Bhansali is to go by, then Bajirao Mastani is the biggest film to date that he’s at helm of. “Bajirao Mastani is my biggest film in terms of scale. It's still a love story and love is such a universal emotion. Every film has its own destiny. But there are certain binding emotions that don't change,” he said. On being asked if the film is again a tragedy he likes making, the filmmaker answered by saying it is intense. “Bajirao Mastani is a very intense love story. Yes, in many ways Bajirao is also a man who suffers with passionate intensity. It's the dilemma of a man in love. It is a primarily a love story. At the time when it happened it may not have seemed like such a passionate happening. That a film is being made on the man who loved two centuries ago is a triumph of that love,” he said.

While Ranveer Singh plays the Maratha king Bajirao in the film, Deepika Padukone will be seen in the role of Mastani. Priyanka Chopra too plays an important character of Kashi bai. The film is currently under production and is expected to release later this year.