The
ace
director
of
Bollywood,
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
waited
for
almost
12
years
to
mount
his
dream
project
'Bajirao
Mastani'
on
the
silver
screen.
His
'larger
than
life'
movie,
BM,
took
all
the
recent
awards
event
by
storm.
According
to
the
latest
reports,
SLB
is
planning
his
next
film,
which
will
be
based
on
the
life
of
the
legend
'Rani
Padmavati'
of
Chittor,
which
traces
back
to
the
13th
century
AD.
Rumours
are
also
rife
that
the
director
is
in
mood
to
cast
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
for
this
film.
And
we
have
brought
25
royal
pictures
of
Aishwarya
Rai,
which
would
surely
make
Mr
Bhansali
cast
her
in
Rani
Padmavati.
Check
Out
All
The
Pictures
Here:
Aishwarya
&
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
have
created
their
magic
on-screen
in
films
including
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam,
Devdas
and
Gujaarish.
Many
of
you
don't
know
that
even
in
Bajirao
Mastani,
SLB
was
keen
to
cast
Aishwarya
Rai,
but
things
didn't
work
in
favour
at
that
time
and
Deepika
grabbed
the
role.
(And
we
are
not
complaining
here
as
she
did
complete
justice
to
her
character.)
But
now,
we
are
really
eager
to
see
Aishwarya
Rai
as
SLB's
next
heroine!
Don't
you
want
to
see
Aishwarya
Rai
playing
the
iconic
role
of
Padmavati?
Mr
Bhansali
Talks
About
Padmavati:
Earlier
once
while
talking
to
an
entertainment
daily,
the
Saawariya
director
had
talked
about
this
project
and
had
said
something
like
this:
"Padmavati
is
a
project
very
close
to
my
heart.I
have
been
in
love
with
this
character
and
her
story
from
long
before
the
time
when
I
directed
the
staged
version
of
the
opera
in
Paris.
The
movie
adaptation
has
great
potential
for
songs,
dances,
music
and
drama.
Most
important
of
all
Padmavati
is
such
a
modern
character,
a
true-blue
feminist
in
spite
of
having
existed
five
centuries
ago."