a source reveals why filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shahid Kapoor who were missing from Deepika Padukone's much-talked about 'Padmavati' bash
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shahid Kapoor's absence from Deepika Padukone's 'Padmavati' bash was conspicuous and it raised a lot of eyebrows. There was grapevine in the industry that all was is not well between the filmmaker and the pair Ranveer Singh and Deepika. It is also rumoured that Shahid is miffed as to how the makers have gone all out to promote Ranveer and he feels he is being sidelined.
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However, sources close to Bhansali and Shahid Kapoor have said that they didn't attend the party due to personal reasons. Says a source, "SLB is finishing shoot of the film and edit so he couldn't make it to Deepika's party yesterday as he has to finish the film . Shahid and mira out of town on a family thing . Ranveer was there so all is well and not as reported.
A trade source says, "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.
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The source further adds, "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."
'Padmavati' will hit the screens on December 1.
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