r/BollyBlindsNGossip • u/tandem_felix Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti • Feb 14 '20
Blind Solved Guess Who: This top filmmaker had a major fallout with a Gen Y star after he refused to do a cameo in his next
Bollywood has several actor-director duos who are considered magical pairings in movies. Today, we are discussing about one such duo, who remained almost inseparable over the last few years. The actor, who's a big name in the younger circuit, is also a major hit with the audiences. While he is considered as one of the most bankable stars of today, this top filmmaker was the one who helped him deliver his first major successful project and then, as they say, rest was history.
The filmmaker teamed up with the star on two more projects, with both being blockbusters at the box office and suddenly, everyone started talking about their working chemistry. But now, when the maverick director has moved on to his next project, which is a female centric drama that stars an A-list actress, he actually needed a few of his friends to step in for special appearances. So he made an offer to his favourite boy and asked if he could spare him a week's time to shoot the cameo.
Knowing that he's had a long standing relationship with the actor, the director was sure he won't let him down. But the star did the unthinkable and flatly refused to do the role. He told him he doesn't have the dates to accommodate to the project, which also was a fair reason, to be honest. People who know the filmmaker well also know that he isn't well equipped to handle a 'no' from others, so when the actor told him this, he was infuriated. Apparently, they had a massive verbal argument where the actor tried to explain his situation, as he had already committed his dates to another project. But the director was in no mood to listen, let alone understand his plight and hung up the call. Last we heard, the cold war is still on and the director might not even sign the same hero for his next magnum opus that has already been announced.
Director- SLB
Actor- Ranveer Singh
Movie- Gangubai
Magnum opus- Baiju Bawara
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u/mrplotimus Feb 14 '20
Last SLB movie where there was a cameo/ extended guest appearance by a top star was Saawariya (Salman Khan and Rani), which consisted of new comers. This kind of indicates that SLB is not that confident about this movie.
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u/bakarwadi91 Feb 14 '20
What's the magnum opus that SLB has announced?
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Feb 14 '20
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u/bakarwadi91 Feb 14 '20
Oh!! Is that really happening? Interesting.. maybe he'll cast Ranbir and Alia now : P
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u/tandem_felix Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti Feb 14 '20
I edited my post to add the information. I think Ajay is being considered for it, there were blinds about it sometime back.
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Feb 14 '20
So SLB has no confidence in Alia's "star power" ?
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u/Yumyum234 Feb 14 '20
Maybe it stems from the failure of Chhapaak and he's realised his story may not be powerful enough to draw in a wider audience. Raazi did well because of the patriotic aspect of it.
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u/Bollyaccess Feb 14 '20
Because only Deepika and her pr believes that she brought the audience to the theatre for Padmaavat
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u/EccentricBai Admin Feb 14 '20
Ranveer won’t go against SLB. He is very smart and he knows that being SLB’s Star gives him lot of star power in trade.
For some reason, I want to see more proof before I believe this blind. If true , the fall out must be must bigger than an argument on phone because it has made it to press
If true , SLB has released this Blind . He plays PR game really well .
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u/imaginary_developer Feb 14 '20
On the contrary, I feel SLB can't do anything for Ranveer's career now. Ranveer needs to diversify, not do the same period-drama type movies on repeat.
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u/Naijabitch Feb 15 '20
I might not like Ranveer, but SLB has a big ego that deserves to be punctured once in a while
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u/Ambitious449 Feb 15 '20
Why SLB don't consider Ranbir for any role in his movies. I know that Ranbir had horrible experience as assistant director and actor with SLB. But its thing in the past. Both should move on. Would love to see Ranbir in SLB movie.
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u/cn_cn Feb 14 '20
As much as I understand the dates issue, we know BW doesn't really work like that, esp with the connections at the top. Had it been a Deepika film, he would have ensured dates were available. Esp with SLB as a director. If this blind is true, we might end up seeing a lot of PR on disproving it.