A lot has been spoken about Baiju Bawra over the last few days ever since Sanjay Leela Bhansali announced his another magnum opus. There were reports that Ajay Devgn has been roped in the play the eponymous character, but a report by Bollywood Hungama now suggests that Devgn and Bhansali are now collaborating after two decades for Bhansali's another film, Gangubai Kathiawadi. The actor is likely to essay the role of a gangster who fell in love with the woman.

A trade source had this to say about the speculations, "Last week, Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Leela Bhansali met at Anand Pandit's Diwali party and chatted for hours. They caught up on a lot of stuff and that's when SLB also invited him over to his office. Ajay dropped in a couple of days after that and they had a meeting for more than a couple of hours. Bhansali offered him two scripts – a biopic and the other fictional, a love story, which is said to be Baiju Bawra. In Baiju Bawra the actor was offered the role of Tansen. Ajay liked his role in Gangubai as it's an intense character – a mobster with a golden heart who teaches Gangubai the tricks of the trade and falls in love with her."