Years ago, Vishal Bhardwaj had gone to Sanjay Leela Bhansali with a script about reincarnation which he wanted Bhansali to direct. That film never happened. But now both the distinguished filmmaker's destinies are joined in a strange way. They both are all set to direct films on two different female gangsters based on the same source material.
Both the filmmakers have secured filmmaking rights from chapters out of S. Hussain Zaidi's bestseller about female gangsters Mafia Queens Of Mumbai. While Vishal Bhardwaj would soon be making a film based on Zaidi's account of Ashraf Khan alias Sapna, the gangster whose only mission in life is to eliminate her husband's killer Dawood, Sanjay Leela Bhansali would be directing a film based on the life and crimes of female gangster Gangubai Kothewali, the dreaded female crime lord who is known as 'The Madame Of Kamathipura'.
Interestingly, both the films on female...
Both the filmmakers have secured filmmaking rights from chapters out of S. Hussain Zaidi's bestseller about female gangsters Mafia Queens Of Mumbai. While Vishal Bhardwaj would soon be making a film based on Zaidi's account of Ashraf Khan alias Sapna, the gangster whose only mission in life is to eliminate her husband's killer Dawood, Sanjay Leela Bhansali would be directing a film based on the life and crimes of female gangster Gangubai Kothewali, the dreaded female crime lord who is known as 'The Madame Of Kamathipura'.
Interestingly, both the films on female...
- 7/23/2013
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Mumbai, July 23: Vishal Bhardwaj and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are reportedly set to direct films on two different female gangsters based on the same source material.
Years ago Bhardwaj had gone to Bhansali with a script about reincarnation, which he wanted the latter to direct. That film never happened. But now both the distinguished filmmakers' destinies are joined in a strange way.
Both the filmmakers have secured filmmaking rights from chapters out of S. Hussain Zaidi's bestseller "Mafia Queens Of Mumbai", about female gangsters.
While Bhardwaj would soon be making a film based on Zaidi's account of Ashraf Khan.
Years ago Bhardwaj had gone to Bhansali with a script about reincarnation, which he wanted the latter to direct. That film never happened. But now both the distinguished filmmakers' destinies are joined in a strange way.
Both the filmmakers have secured filmmaking rights from chapters out of S. Hussain Zaidi's bestseller "Mafia Queens Of Mumbai", about female gangsters.
While Bhardwaj would soon be making a film based on Zaidi's account of Ashraf Khan.
- 7/23/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
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