To impress Sanjay Leela Bhansali is no cakewalk, considering the fact that he is not at all a peoples’ man and is also, very out-spoken when it comes to calling a spade a spade. And to top it all, everyone is well acquainted and petrified of this. No wonder the debutant singer Jhanvi Shimnakar was quite nervous when Bhansali singled her out to sing for him.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming next, Guzaarish starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai begins shooting on Thursday July 30th in Filmcity, Mumbai. But before the first shot of his new biggie is canned, Bhansali has headed off to Rajasthan for seeking blessings at the Ajmer dargah.

So far you’ve been reading very strange reports linking Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest film Guzaarish to all sorts of Hollywood films.

But here’s the truth. Bhansali’s Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Guzaarish which will be shot at a stretch in Goa in July and August to capture the monsoonal melody and romance of the place, is actually a tribute to the voice of Lata Mangeshkar.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has now officially turned composer with Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer 'Guzaarish'. However, till a few days back, there were feelers that Ismail Darbar may make a re-entry into the Sanjay Leela Bhansali camp. The question making the rounds was - 'Is Ismail Darbar going to compose music for 'Chenab Gandhi' and/or 'Guzaarish'?'

The big news doing the rounds is that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has made announcement about the name of his upcoming venture, which stars the 'Jodhaa Akbar' pair.

Yes, we're talking about Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan. They are once again ready to rock the screen with their perfect chemistry.

The film has been named 'Guzaarish', which will hit theatres by the end of 2009.

According to reports, Guzaarish is the remake of the Hollywood film, 'The Prestige', which is directed by Christopher Nolan.

The big news doing the rounds is that Harman Baweja has been replaced by John Abraham in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film ‘Chenab Gandhi’.

This will be Bhansali's next production after ‘Saawariya’ and will be a period film.

Harman was signed for the film in 2008.

But after his debut film ‘Love Story 2050’ and later, ‘Victory’ failed to impress audiences, the producers have had a rethink.

Ace Bollywood film producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali said that he always desired to work with multi-talented actor Hrithik Roshan.

This time, the master filmmaker has done what he actually wanted.

Bhansali has signed Hrithik Roshan and his most-favored actress - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the lead roles in his upcoming film.

Both Ash and Hrithik have already created wonders together in ‘Dhoom-2’ and ‘Jodhaa Akbar’.

If reports are to be believed then Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan might be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next untitled project along with multi-talented actor Hrithik Roshan.

Hrithik and Ash, who already worked in Dhoom-2 and Jodha Akbar, have proved to be a formidable pair on screen.

In fact, Bhansali liked the chemistry between the dashing couple, and thought of taking the duo in his film.

Though Sanjay has worked with ‘Bachchan Bahu’ earlier also, but it would be the director's first film with Hrithik.

Ace Bollywood film producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s adaptation of Albert Roussel’s opera ‘Padmavati’ has received a standing ovation at its premiere on Friday at the highly esteemed Theatre du Chatelet.

“I wasn’t completely familiar with the opera but the films I had done before, the preciseness with which I had made them helped me immensely,” said Bhansali over phone from Paris.

“Sometimes being a perfectionist is a boon,” he added.

Mumbai: Bollywood’s top director Sanjay Leela Bhansali showed appreciation towards audience for seeing the movie in spite of awful reviews.

Saawariya debuts together with the enormously glorified Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Om Shanti Om" on last Friday.

Regardless of the film’s excellent opening, its Indian collection chop down aggressively after a week’s time as critics went down heavily on the film for its thin story and loose grip on the plot.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Sony Pictures will premiere Saawariya on Nov 7, two days ahead of its actual release.

Saawariya’s team is very confident about the film that they believe negative publicity will not harm the movie.

Generally, to minimize the negative publicity, films are premiered on Thursday, 14 hours ahead of release on Friday.

Uday Singh, CEO of Sony Pictures, “But we’ve enough faith in our product not to be bothered by such considerations. To my mind Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the finest filmmaker in this country.”