15 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
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01/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's dream project, 'Devdas' released 15 years ago today! As the first coloured film adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1917 novella 'Devdas' turns 15, here are 15 lesser-known facts about Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit Nene starrer 'Devdas'
02/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
While 'Devdas' might be one of Shah Rukh Khan's most iconic onscreen portrayal's, the actor was not director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's first choice for the part. SLB, who had previously worked with Salman Khan in 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' wanted the actor to play the titular part. However, it was because Salman rejected the part did the role get offered to Shah Rukh Khan.
03/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
Not just Shah Rukh Khan, even Jackie Shroff was not the first choice for the part. According to reports, the role of Chunni Babu was first offered to Saif Ali Khan, Govinda and Manoj Bajpayee. Manoj refused the role on the grounds that he was playing lead roles in all his films and doing such a role would hurt his market.
04/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
Talking about the first choice for roles, Kareena Kapoor too auditioned for the part of Paro in SLB's magnum opus. However, things did not work out between the two and Aishwarya Rai was cast instead.
05/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
Considering that Sanjay Leela Bhansali was bringing together the two biggest heroines of the time, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, he wanted everything to be perfect. It took him over two weeks to pen down 'Dola Re Dola'.
06/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
During the 'Dola Re Dola' sequence, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's ears started to bleed owing to the heavy earrings. Though in obvious pain, the actress kept on shooting in order to avoid delay in shooting.
07/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
Madhuri Dixit's lehenga-choli for the song 'Kaahe Chhed Mohe' was designed by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla and weighed 30 kilos! As Madhuri couldn't perform in the opulent outfit, it was replaced by a lighter one weighing 16 kilos.
08/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
The 'Morey Piya' sequence where Paro's mother Sumitra is made to dance at a function was inspired by Sanjay Leela Bhansali's recurring nightmare that his mother was being humiliated in public.
09/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
Music director Ismail Darbar and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali devoted two-and-a-half years to compose the music for the film! While the recording of each song took only eight to ten days, owing to their layered structure, each song had to be mixed eight to nine times.
10/1615 lesser known facts about Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'
Paro's beautiful stained glass house was built using 1.22 lakh pieces of stained glass during the month of November-June! Though non-monsoon season, heavy rains kept fading the glass paint. As a result, the painters in the team had to keep re-touching for months. Even the use of trolleys over the delicate floors of the sets led to a lot of chipping.
