After the success of Gully Boy, Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt reunited on Karan Johar’s directorial, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani. The duo have been shooting for it over the last few months, and it is expected to be wrapped up by the month of March. While COVID might change the schedule, it’s tentatively looking to release during the Valentine's Day 2023 weekend. And now, Pinkvilla has exclusively learnt that right after calling it a wrap on Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, Ranveer and Alia will get into the prep mode for director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much awaited period drama, Baiju Bawra.
“The prep work on Baiju Bawra is going on side by side with the post production work of SLB’s next, Gangubai. The team is planning to take it on floors by mid-2022 with a start to finish marathon schedule on humongous studios. Ranveer and Alia are locked to play the two leads in the film, and another leading lady is expected to come on board for a key role,” revealed a source close to the development.
The movie will be shot over a period of next 7 to 8 months, in multiple studios and the team is already working towards designing grand sets to transport the audience to the era gone bye. “Alia and Ranveer aside, two more renowned actors – one male, one female – will come on board the project and the casting work is currently in progress,” the source added. Initially, the filmmaker was in talks with Deepika Padukone to play the role of Dacoit in this period drama, however, we are yet to know the exact status around DP’s involvement in the film. While SLB was keen to have her on board, he was yet to get a final go ahead.
We are yet to get any clarity on the cast apart from Ranveer and Alia. “We shall have a clearer picture by this summer once the acting workshops begin in full swing. Both Ranveer and Alia will be training extensively as a part of their character prep,” the source signed off. Baiju Bawra will be the fourth collaboration of Ranveer with Bhansali after Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmavat. It would be the second film for Alia with the director after the soon to be released, Gangubai. After Baiju Bawra, Ranveer is expected to commence work on director Shankar's magnum opus. There's also a Kabir Khan film in the discussion stage, but one hears, plans on the same have been put on hold for now. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more.
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Karan Johar films are synonymous with huge ensembles. While he got superstars of 3 generations - Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Hrithik Roshan - together in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, we hear, his next film will star Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer Singh, and Alia Bhatt in lead.
"It's a love story set against the backdrop of strong family emotions. Karan is planning to go on floors around the month of September with a 5 to 6-month schedule. It's Karan Johar's return to his roots of making big scale family drama's with love story in its backdrop," a source tells Bollywood Hungama.
The movie title revolves around the name of characters played by Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. Karan will be making an official announcement of the title with Ranveer and Alia tomorrow morning at 11 am, whereas the rest of the ensemble will be revealed in days to follow.
The film marks Karan Johar's return to direction, 5 years after Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Earlier, he was planning Takht, which has been shelved. The film in question marks first-time collaboration of Karan with Dharmendra, who will be romantically paired alongside Jaya Bachchan and Shabana Azmi.
Source: https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/breaking-karan-johar-gets-dharmendra-jaya-bachchan-shabana-azmi-ranveer-singh-alia-bhatt-together-next/
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EXCLUSIVE: Karan Johar's next with Ranveer Singh & Alia Bhatt set to go on floors, Ibrahim Khan on board as AD Ranveer Singh is on the verge of completing the Rohit Shetty directed Cirkus, and the same has resulted in the trade buzzing as to what is the dynamic actor doing next. Pinkvilla has learnt that Ranveer is all set to reunite with Alia Bhatt for director, Karan Johar’s next film. If everything goes as planned, the movie will go on the floors by the month of June/July and will be shot at some real locations in India. The duo will be doing some acting workshops to understand the graph of their character through the summer and then slip into world of Karan’s romance.
That’s not all. Pinkvilla has learnt that Saif Ali Khan’s son, Ibrahim has come on board as an assistant director on this Karan Johar film. “But no, there are no plans of launching him at present. He has come on board the film, just because he wants to understand the process of filmmaking. He is a young kid, still studying and yet to even decide if he wants to be an actor, director or something else,” revealed a source close to the development.
We also hear that a massive and prestigious ensemble is being put in place for this epic yet untitled Prem Kahani of the two leads. Ranveer is going to sport a complete modern cool look with all those jackets, glairs, hats, torn jeans, whereas Alia’s character is said to be slightly subtle as compared to the leading hero. It’s a light hearted, rooted love story, without any social message, the kind of film that audience has resonated Dharma with through the last three decades.
“Karan is all charged up and excited to make something in this space after such a long time. He was exhausted in the pre-production of Takht, and when he decided to put it on the back burner, the sole idea was to let it lose and make a fun commercial rom-com that Bollywood is devoid of at the moment,” the source signed off.
Alia Bhatt on the other hand is presently on the verge of completing the ambitious Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Gangubai. The shoot of this KjO directorial will go on till the year end, if the covid scenario doesn’t act as a spoilt sport. On completing Karan’s film, Ranveer will jump into his ambitious project with Shankar, from the first quarter of next year. Stay tuned for more updates on Ranveer and Alia.
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