Bhansali Answer to 'Bahubali'

The magnum opus and Indian epic war film ‘Bahubali’ mounted the peaks of Hollywood heights. This single Tollywood product has also dethroned the technical standards of Bollywood by one step down. For now, ‘Bahubali’ stands the biggest technical and visual extravaganza delivered by Indian cinema. Obviously, ‘Bahubali’ challenged Bollywood to come up with an on par product.

Well, here is Sanjay Leela Bhansali coming to answer. The perfectionist film maker known for making master pieces like ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Black’ etc is here with dream project ‘Bajirao Mastani.’ This isn’t a normal film. Bhansali waited for over a decade guarding on every minute detail of this film.

‘Bajirao Mastani’ is the historical romance of Bajirao, a warrior and second Peshwa of the Maratha Empire from 1720 until his death is Ranveer Singh while Mastani, a Muslim courtesan and the second wife of Bajirao played by Deepika Padukone and Kashi Bai done by Priyanka Chopra is first wife of Bajirao.

Although actual budget calculations are still unknown, this multi crore product from Eros International and Bhansali Productions releasing worldwide on December 18 of this year should be seen as Bhansali's answer to our ‘Bahubali.’