Salman Khan
Salman Khan

It is no secret that Salman Khan was Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s original choice for the title role in Bajirao Mastani. SLB was very keen on making the film with Salman and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead about 12 years ago. Of course, that didn’t work out and after a series of casting sessions, the filmmaker found his Bajirao and Mastani in Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone – and the rest, as they say, is history.

Source: Twitter @RanveerOfficial
Bajirao Mastani

I watched the film on the weekend and I couldn’t imagine anyone but Ranveer play the part. Another thing that I noticed in the film was it’s opening credits. There was mysterious dedication in the credits to a certain ‘S’. Well, according to DNA, the ‘S’ is Salman Khan! So sweet 🙂

A source said:

There was no way that Sanjay wouldn’t mention Salman somewhere in the film. After all, he was his original inspiration for the film. So even though Sanjay might not admit it in public but the dedication is definitely for Salman.

If this is true, that’s really classy of Bhansali!

What do you think?