Bhumika Chawla claims she was supposed to do 'Bajirao Mastani'
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 27, 2023
After ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Munna Bhai’ sequel, actor Bhumika Chawla claimed that she was supposed to do Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus ‘Bajirao Mastani’.
The ‘Tere Naam’ debutante was recently seated with RJ Siddharth Kannan for a tell-all on his digital show when she made surprising revelations about losing several big films including ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ to A-list actors.
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Chawla shared that she was supposed to do Bhansali’s long-ideated romance epic ‘Bajirao Mastani’ as well but couldn’t due to an accident during her screen test.
“Woh actually bohot saal pehle ki baat hai, over the years change ho jata hai, (It happened years ago and decisions get changed over the years),” she revealed to Kannan in reference to Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh starrer.
“My screen test happened soon after Tere Naam. I had done a photoshoot with Sir [Bhansali] in his style. My saree caught fire because ghee and oil spilt on my saree. I was holding the diyas (clay lamps) in his style and it fell, and I was wearing a silk saree. I remember that happened,” she detailed the mishap.
After being delayed multiple times due to casting changes, Bhansali’s passion project was finalized with the real-life couple, Padukone and Singh as leads, while Priyanka Chopra played Kashibai.
The cinematic masterpiece about Maratha Peshwa Bajirao and his second wife Mastani, was released in Dember 2015. The film was a huge Box Office success and fetched several accolades including seven National Film Awards.
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Meanwhile, on the work front, Bhumika Chawla was last seen in the recently-released ‘Kisi Ka Bhai, Kisi Ki Jaan’. She essayed the sister-in-law of Bhagya [Pooja Hegde] – the love interest of Bhaijaan [Salman Khan].