When Salman Khan reacted to Shah Rukh Khan coming on board for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas'

Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali ’s association goes all the way back to 1996, when the filmmaker made his directorial debut with Khamoshi: The Musical. The two of them collaborated two more times with Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Saawariya (2007). Their fourth collaboration could have been Inshallah, which was shelved later due to multiple reasons.

In a viral video, Salman blasted Sanjay Leela Bhansali for signing Shah Rukh Khan for 'Devdas'. The star said, "I don’t know about other people but he has definitely offended me. I gave him two hit films and then he took Shah Rukh Khan in the next one."

In an exclusive interview with News18, production designer and celebrity interior designer Rupin Suchak, who was working on this magnum opus, spoke about the reason why it never saw the lights of the day.

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Showdown between SLB and Salman

He revealed to the portal, “Fortunately or unfortunately, the film didn’t make it to floors because of a showdown that happened, and Salman walked away from the sets. Salman and Bhansali didn’t want to do the film together. I spent a year pre-planning the set with Bhansali. We were in the USA for about three months scouting the location.” He added, “In a span of nine months, we designed 24 sets. We started building three sets, out of which we had completed one. The following day, we shot with Alia. The second set was almost complete and the shoot was supposed to happen three days after the complete shoot was called off. We were supposed to finish the film a year later. But I leave it to my fate. I left the project with a happy memory because I learnt so much from it.”

Now, as per latest reports, SLB is reviving the project with Shah Rukh Khan and there are chances that Deepika Padukone will replace Bhatt and SRK and DP have garnered great responses from fans in Jawan and Pathaan .