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       My Film Sets Are As Important As My Characters : Bhansali
       By: strawberrylicious Date: October 21, 2013, 2:37 am
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       My Film Sets Are As Important As My Characters : Bhansali
       In his trademark style, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has created the
       most opulent sets of his career so far for Ram-Leela. Shot in
       Udaipur (Rajasthan), Gujarat and Film City (Mumbai), the Ranveer
       Singh-Deepika Padukone starrer promises breathtaking visuals.
       Art director Wasiq Khan, who has previously worked with the
       filmmaker on Rowdy Rathore, has teamed up with him for the
       second time.
       Bhansali and Khan travelled to remote areas of the country,
       to study our diverse culture and incorporated this into the
       creation of the sets. Every single set was created after making
       a hundred different sketches.
       Considering the magnitude of the sets, the romantic drama
       couldn’t be shot anywhere but the expansive grounds in Film
       City. Apart from a couple of schedules in Gujarat and Rajasthan,
       most of the film has been shot in the Mumbai studio over 10
       months.
       Be it lighting a thousand candles for a special Priyanka
       Chopra song, covering the entire set to achieve a certain
       lighting or using hand-painted cloth as background — every
       aspect was looked into minutely. And the look of the set changed
       from rustic to classic, reflecting the mood of the scene. Says
       Khan, “Sanjay’s brief to me was to imbibe realism and yet make
       things look stylised. Though this film is very different from
       his other movies so far, you will still see his signature
       elements in every frame.”
       Not surprising then, that several Bollywood biggies
       including Shah Rukh Khan dropped by. The actor heard about its
       grandeur and paid the director a compliment.
       On his part, Bhansali maintains, “Architecture and spaces
       fascinate me, so my film sets are as important as my characters
       in the story. Art direction needs to complement and enhance
       storytelling. In Ram-Leela, I wanted to capture the vibrancy and
       the richness of culture and architecture of Gujarat. Our
       production designer Wasiq has translated my vision brilliantly
       and I hope audiences will appreciate the effort.”
       Set in present-day Gujarat and woven with song and dance, the
       story takes audiences through love in turbulent times, where
       worlds collide, wars are fought and destinies are written in
       blood.
       Ram-Leela, produced by Eros International and Sanjay Leela
       Bhansali, releases November 15.
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