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Sanjay Leela Bhansali to make a female-centric film with Alia Bhatt after shelving Inshallah?

7 Sep 2019

The fans were eagerly waiting for the reunion of Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Inshallah.The film would have marked the reunion of the actor-director duo. It was also Alia Bhatt s first film with Bhansali. While it was earlier announced that the highly anticipated film will be an Eid 2020 release, the film was finally shelved after a tiff between the Salman and Bhansali. Salman has promised to arrive on Eid with another film, Bhansali is also working on something. Amid this, Alia Bhatt has maintained a stoic silence. It was a dream for the actress to work with Bhansali but it all came to a standstill. Now, it seems like Sanjay Leela Bhansali is working on a project which might feature Alia Bhatt in the lead role. Instead of Inshallah , it will be a female-centric film. According to the source, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has promised Alia Bhatt to make a female-centric film after the shelving of Inshallah.The film will be based on a true-life story of a character from the Mumbai slums who makes it big in the world. Bhansali narrated concept to Alia and she liked it. As of now, the filmmaker is working on a detailed screenplay. Hopefully, they will announce the project soon. Alia Bhatt had allotted majority of her dates to Inshallah.Since the project has been shelved, it seems like a new film is in works for the actress. Meanwhile, she has a couple of films in the pipeline including Brahmastra Takht and Arunima Sinha biopic. ALSO READ: Alia Bhatt is the portrait of dignity in Salman Khan Sanjay Leela Bhansalis Inshallah crisis