8 Years Back With The Release Of This Film, Salman Khan Made His Rift With Sanjay Leela Bhansali Evident!

8 years back on this day, Sanjay Leela Bhansali had released the film Guzaarish which was about a magician who had been paralyzed after one of his tricks go wrong. The film, that was pro-euthanasia, had courted many controversies with its release, but probably the worst that came out after the release of the film was the souring relationship between Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Salman Khan.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Salman Khan had been one of the best director-actor duos of Bollywood. They had together worked for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and it was during this time that SLB had conceived Bajirao Mastani! It was also during this time that Salman had gifted SLB a DVD of Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige which became the starting point for Guzaarish.

So the anger that Salman had for SLB was pretty evident when he cast Hrithik and Aishwarya for the film. While neither Salman nor SLB spoke explicitly about it, Salman made the rift pretty clear after the release of the film.

In an event where Salman was present, he referred to the housefly scene in Guzaarish and said,

“Arre, usme toh makhi udd rahi thi, lekin koi machhar bhi nahi gaya dekhne. Arre, koi kutta bhi nahin gaya,” 
(Arey a housefly was there in the film, but not even a mosquito was there at the theatres. Even no dogs turned up!)

This started a series of events but what became clear was that Salman and SLB were no longer the best of friends and probably not even in talking terms!