F om
‘Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sa am’
to
‘Devdas’
a d
‘Guzaa ish’,
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
has
emai ed
closely
co ected
with
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali’s
filmmaki g
jou ey.Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
has
p eviously
spoke
about
the
i te se
sc uti y
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
faced
ove
he
appea a ces
at
i te atio al
eve ts.
The
filmmake
defe ded
the
act ess
whe
she
was
c iticised
fo
he
fashio
choices
at
Ca es
a d
movie
p emie es.Du i g
a
appea a ce
o
‘Koffee
with
Ka a ‘,
Ka a
Joha
asked
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
how
he
eacted
to
epo ts
desc ibi g
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
as
“badly
d essed”
at
Ca es
o
p emie es.Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
made
it
clea
that
he
did
ot
ag ee
with
such
c iticism.
He
also
highlighted
the
la ge
sig ifica ce
of
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha ‘s
i te atio al
appea a ces.”No
i
do t
like
it.
Pe so ally
i
feel
that
Aishwa ya
has
bee
subjected
to
a
lot
of
t olls
whe
she
u de sta ds
.
If
she
wea s
somethi g,
she
is
ep ese ti g
the
cou t y,
she
is
doi g
so
ma y
thi gs
that
go
beyo d
Oh
look
at
what
she
is
wea i g
a d
what
she
is
ot.”
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha ‘s
associatio
with
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
a d
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
have
collabo ated
o
th ee
Hi di
movies.
Thei
fi st
p oject
togethe
was
‘Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sa am’,
which
eleased
i
1999.
The
act ess
a d
filmmake
eu ited
fo
‘Devdas’
i
2002.
The
movie
we t
o
to
become
o e
of
the
most
ecog ised
wo ks
of
both
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
a d
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali.Thei
thi d
collabo atio
came
with
‘Guzaa ish’
i
2010.
The
movie
featu ed
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
alo gside
H ithik
Rosha .Ac oss
these
p ojects,
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali’s
elabo ate
visual
style
was
pai ed
with
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha ‘s
pe fo ma ces.
Thei
p ofessio al
associatio
has
emai ed
a
impo ta t
chapte
i
the
act ess’s
Hi di
film
ca ee .
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
wa ted
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
as
Masta i
A othe
evelatio
f om
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
co ce ed
his
ambitious
pe iod
movie
‘Baji ao
Masta i’.
The
filmmake
had
i itially
imagi ed
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
as
Masta i.His
o igi al
visio
also
i volved
Salma
Kha
as
Baji ao.
Howeve ,
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
was
ot
comfo table
wo ki g
with
the
team
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
had
pla ed
fo
the
p oject.Speaki g
about
the
situatio ,
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
said,
“I
was
ve y
hu t
by
the
fact
that
Aishwa ya
was
ot
bei g
Masta i.
Fo
me,
she
is
a
ce t al
pa t
of
my
wo k.
So
is
my
f ie dship
with
Salma .
I
was
i
a
dilemma,
I
wa ted
to
sta d
by
he
too.”
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
explai ed
why
she
decli ed
Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
late
spoke
about
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
p oposed
collabo atio .
She
ack owledged
that
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
had
wa ted
to
b i g
he
a d
Salma
Kha
togethe
fo
the
movie.She
explai ed
that
the
ci cumsta ces
made
the
collabo atio
impossible
i
the
fo m
o igi ally
e visio ed
by
the
filmmake .Aishwa ya
Rai
Bachcha
said,
“We
had
talked
about
this,
a d
he
had
bee
wo de ful.
Yes,
it
was
his
visio
a d
saw
us
wo ki g
togethe ,
but
ci cumsta tially
I
could
ot
wo k
with
the
ki d
of
team
he
was
looki g
at,
a d
he
was
fi e.
I
was
game
to
play
Masta i
but
ot
with
the
Baji ao
he
had
i
his
mi d.”The
situatio
epo tedly
caused
some
te sio
betwee
the
filmmake
a d
act ess.
Howeve ,
thei
f ie dship
co ti ued
despite
the
disag eeme t.
‘Baji ao
Masta i’
eve tually
sta ed
Ra vee
Si gh
a d
Deepika
Paduko e
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali
eve tually
evived
‘Baji ao
Masta i’
yea s
late
with
a
diffe e t
cast.
Ra vee
Si gh
played
Baji ao,
while
Deepika
Paduko e
po t ayed
Masta i.The
2015
movie
also
featu ed
P iya ka
Chop a
as
Kashibai.
It
we t
o
to
become
o e
of
Sa jay
Leela
Bha sali’s
most
p omi e t
histo ical
d amas.SJB’s
ext
most
awaited
film
is
‘Love
&
Wa ‘.