Kangana
Ranaut has been actively working in Bollywood after her debut with Gangster. The actress started working in the Hindi film industry at a young age. After her debut, she featured in several Bollywood movies, including hit films like Tanu Weds Manu, Queen, and more. In her recent interview, the actress reflected on several aspects of her acting career. At one point in the interview, Kangana revealed that Sanjay Leela Bhansali had offered her a song in his film, Ram Leela, featuring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. However, the actress turned down SLB's offer. Wondering why? Let's find out!
Why Kangana Ranaut rejected Ram Leela song offer?
In an interview with ANI, Kangana Ranaut revealed that she was offered a song in Ram Leela, which later went to Priyanka Chopra. The song in question is Ram Chahe Leela, which was crooned by Bhoomi Trivedi. Speaking to the news agency, the actress recalled how
SLB was upset after she rejected his offer. "He said, you should do this song. I said, sir, 'I don’t want to do item numbers'. And he kind of didn’t like it."
The actress further revealed she first met Sanjay Leela Bhansali after Salman Khan asked her to. Recalling her early days in the industry, Kangana shared she met Salman through someone, and this was before her acting debut happened. When Salman met and saw, he called her 'Sanjay Leela Bhansali's heroine'. "That’s what he said. He said you should go and meet Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I think that’s a very big compliment because he has done Black and I have huge curly hair and all. So, he said he will see you and sign you right away. And I said thank you," she recalled.
More about Ram Leela
Helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ranveer and Deepika's Ram Leela was theatrically released in 2013. The film, produced by Eros International and Bhansali Productions, also featured Gulshan Devaiah, Supriya Pathak, Richa Chadha, Sharad Kelkar, Raza Murad, and others.
Kangana Ranaut's work front
Meanwhile, on the work front, Kangana was last seen in Emergency, a biopic of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Next up, the actress has the sequel to Queen lined up. Directed by Vikas Bahl, the first part worked well while Kangana was appreciated for her performance in the movie. The filmmaker later confirmed that Queen 2 will be made. Besides this, Kangana has Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata.