Bhansali made a 145 crore Shismahal set from a 12 crore brothel

Bhansali made

Entertainment desk: Bhansali made Bollywood’s famous director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Whose movies mean eye-popping shooting sets, and images of actors in royal attire. This filmmaker spares no effort to bring out the beauty of a scene in the film.

Bhansali is also given the title of ‘Mr Perfectionist’ among B-Town directors. There are also reports that the filmmaker has spent Rs 145 crore on the construction of a movie shooting set. Let’s know the story of 5 expensive shooting sets made by Bhansali-

Padmavat Bhansali made
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film was quite controversial. But full of clothes and creativity. It is reported that the film was supposed to be shot at Chittaurgarh Fort in Rajasthan. But due to controversy, some people vandalized the set before the shooting started.

Bhansali made
Bhansali made

Bhansali later recreated a similar fort in Mumbai. The design was inspired by Rajasthani miniature paintings.

The total cost of making the movie exceeded 200 crores due to the huge budget spent on the shooting sets. However, the audience did not disappoint the director at the box office. The film grossed more than 300 crores.

Goliyon Key Rasleela Ram-leela
Sanjay Leela Bhansali produced the film ‘Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela’ starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.

The two fell in love with each other on the set of this film. But in the story of the film, the two families were enemies of each other. Set against the backdrop of Gujarat, the film featured beautiful palaces, colorful streets and people.

Bhansali made But very few people know that the film was actually shot in Mumbai. In the song ‘Nagada Sang Dhol’, Deepika danced wearing a 30 kg lehenga. It was the most expensive set ever made in a studio in Mumbai.

Reportedly, it took 2-3 months to build this set with the team. Not only this, a gym was also built on the sets for Ranveer Singh. As if he could save time going to the gym from the shooting location.

Bajirao Mastani
Bhansali is known for the visual appeal of his films. Every scene is so detailed that everyone becomes speechless while watching the movie. Bajirao Mastani also wanted to show something similar in the film.

Shismahal shown in this picture is proof of that. This royal palace was built by Bhansali for the shooting of the movie. It cost around 145 crore rupees to make.

Inspired by ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, the set was made with 20,000 designer mirrors and 13 chandeliers brought from Jaipur. It took 8 to 9 years to make the 23 luxurious sets.

Shaniwar Wada is the largest set of ‘Bajirao Mastani’ built with 45 thousand wooden planks and hand-carved wood. About 13 assistant set designers and 550 workers prepared the set in 45 days.

Devdas
Devdas, produced by Sanjay Leela Basnali in 2002, is one of the greatest films of Indian cinema. It is the best not only in terms of performance but also in terms of sets.

From Paro’s palace to Chandramukhi’s brothel, everything was perfectly crafted. It is heard that Chandramukhi’s chamber was built near an artificial river at a cost of Rs 12 crore.

1 crore 22 lakh colored glass was used to decorate Paro’s house. The entire palace cost about 3 crore rupees. Even the budget of the film is 20 crore rupees spent only on the sets.

Sawaria
Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor made their debut in Bollywood with this film. The film did not do much business at the box office. But it was quite practiced. This is because of the great set of pictures.

Renowned set designer Omung Kumar said it was the best set he had ever designed. Most of the sets in this film were inspired by paintings. Especially Kashmiri and Rajasthani paintings.

Bhansali also took inspiration from the works of famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. A lot of time was spent on making boats, statues, snow, fog,

The young woman created a storm by dancing to the rhythm of the song and dancing on a bicycle

The young woman created a storm by dancing to the rhythm of the song and dancing on a bicycle

white doves and peacocks for the picture. Each set of the film was made at an estimated cost of Rs 40 crore and it took 250 people 25 days to make it.

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