Here’s why Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shahid were not at Deepika’s bash

Deepika Padukone had recently organised a party to apparently celebrate the success of the trailer of her upcoming movie ‘Padmavati’. The bash was attended by her alleged beau, Ranveer Singh who is also a part of the film. The party also saw presence of mostly all the B-Town biggies, but there were two important people who were missing.

We are talking about the director of ‘Padmavati’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and the lead actor Shahid Kapoor. So, let’s go back to the day when the 3D trailer of the film was launched. None of the actors were supposed to be the part of the event, but then at the last moment Deepika came for the same. Well, then there were reports that Deepika presence at the event has upset Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor. Ranveer’s tweets on the date, further fuelled the fire of a rift. However, the reports came to rest as the former was there at the party organised by the actress. But then everyone started thinking why Shahid opted not to attend the party.

So here’s the reason why SLB and Shahid were not there at the party. The director was busy with the shoot and the edit of the film as he has to finish the same, and Shahid was out of town, along with his family. However, we wonder why Deepika didn’t opt to reschedule the party. (Also Read: Padmavati: Ranveer Singh says goodbye to Alauddin Khilji

Talking about Deepika attending the event at the last moment, a trade source said, “At the ‘Padmavati’ 3D trailer launch, Deepika Padukone was asked to go by Sanjay Leela Bhansali himself as her date was with him. She was finishing some patchwork but he asked her to attend the event and complete her shoot after that. The moment she got done she left for the ‘Padmavati’ shoot. Nobody questions Bhansali and she has worked with him in three films and understands where he’s coming from. The filmmaker is very clear on what he wants and there’s apparently a marketing strategy that the three of them will be promoted at different dates. A promotional schedule has been chalked out and Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh’s teams have been informed who will attend what and where; so what was the fuss about? Shahid was not upset at all. Stars who work with Sanjay Leela Bhansali know that he controls the publicity and the actors have no hand in it at all. Nor was Ranveer Singh upset as he and Deepika Padukone were seen flirting with each other on Instagram just yesterday after he put up a picture of his.”

“It is a known fact that apart from the filmmaker himself, SLB Films is a strong production house in the industry and even the biggest of stars follow what they are told to do by them. Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a director that most stars want to work with and also respect him immensely. Bhansali decides who attends ‘Padmavati’ events. It was he who decided that Deepika Padukone too should attend the 3D trailer launch event on the day she was shooting for ‘Padmavati’. The actress merely followed what she was asked to do by her director. All three actors are very professional and will always obey their director’s requests whom they love and respect,” added the source.

‘Padmavati’ is slated to release on December 1, 2017, and we simply can’t wait for it.

Murtuza Iqbal

‘Eat Sleep Bollywood Repeat’ is his life Mantra. Dance is his first love and Rani Mukerji is his eternal crush. He is someone who loves being himself, and as for the ones who don’t agree, his reply? “Talk to my hand!”