List of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Upcoming Movies in 2024-25 with Release Date

List of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Upcoming Movies in 2024-25 with Release Date

Popular for making iconic movies like Gangubai Kathiawadi, Bajirao Mastani, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Black, Devdas, and a lot more, filmmaker and songwriter Sanjay Leela Bhansali has glorified Indian cinema. He has received multiple awards and accolades, including Padma Shree in 2015, for creating legendary cinema for Bollywood. 

Besides Padma Shree, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has received seven National Film Awards, 12 Filmfare Awards, and a nomination for a BAFTA Award. The last movie directed by him was Gangubai Kathiawadi in 2022, which became one of the biggest hits and blockbusters of the year, helping Alia Bhatt receive the National Award. 

Let's find out Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movies and what project he is currently working on.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movies in 2024

Taking a hiatus for a year, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is all set to roll onto the big screen with some of his directorial movies. Here is detailed information on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next movie after Gangubai-

Baiju Bawra

Predicted to be a remake of Meena Kumari's 'Baiju Bawra' (1952), this is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's one of the most passionate projects on which he has been thinking of working for the past two decades. Finally, the news is surfacing that the movie is in progress and hopefully will hit the theatres in 2024. 

• Release Date- Early 2024 (expected)
• Cast- Alia Bhatt, Kiara Advani and Ranveer Singh
• Writer- Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Prakash Kapadia
• Producer- Jayantilal Gada
• Director- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Cinematographer- Sudeep Chatterjee
• Budget- Rs 250 crore

Heeramandi

With Heeramandi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali will be making his OTT debut on Netflix. Even though it's a web series, each episode feels nothing less than a movie. It is one of the most awaited opuses from Sanjay Leela Bhansali, which is expected to start featuring on Netflix anytime soon in 2024. 

The story revolves around the courtesans and the hidden cultural reality of Heera Mandi, a dazzling district of pre-Independent India. It's a pure historical drama, highlighting the condition and political background of courtesans and their patrons during the 1940s.

• Release Date- Early 2024 (expected)
• Cast- Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari and Richa Chadha
• Writer- Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Moin Baig, Mitakshara Kumar, Vibha Singh
• Producer- Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Arvinder Gill, and Vikram Yadav
• Director- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Cinematographer- Sudeep Chatterjee, Mahesh Limaye, and Huentsang Mohapatra
• Budget- Rs 200 crore

Chenab Gandhi

It is another long-awaited project of Sanjay Leela Bhansali that has not yet rolled into theatres. The movie revolves around the life of freedom fighter Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, who was also known as Frontier Gandhi. Speculations are made that the movie will come in 2025.

• Release Date- 2025 (expected)
• Cast- John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Rajeev Khandelwal 
• Writer- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Director- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Producer- Not disclosed 
• Cinematographer- Not disclosed 
• Budget- Not disclosed 

Besides these three Sanjay Leela Bhansali upcoming movies, there are a few more names under his forthcoming directorial such as Inshallah, starring Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt. However, there is not enough information about it. In fact, rumors have spread that the movie got shelved due to a showdown between Salman Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the set. 

Recently, Top 3 movies by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Here are some of the top movies by the talented Indian filmmaker, Sanjay Leela Bhansali-

1. Gangubai Kathiawadi- A spectacular movie in all the senses, Gangubai Kathiawadi, shows the finest work of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The movie came out in 2022, and the fabulous work of Alia Bhatt made it an instant blockbuster. It is a biographical crime drama film whose story revolves around a young woman (Alia Bhatt) who is sold into a brothel and later uses her underworld connections to take control of the world she was once a pawn in. It was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2022 in the country.
2. Padmavat- Released in 2018, Padmavat is a historical drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The movie takes its audience into medieval Rajasthan and tells the story of Queen Padmavati (Deepika Padukone), who is married to a noble king (Shahid Kapoor). The movie's main antagonist is Sultan Alauddin Khilji (Ranveer Singh), who becomes obsessed with Padmavati after hearing of her beauty. The film collected Rs 400 crore at the worldwide box office and became the eighth-highest-grosser of the year.
3. Bajirao Mastani- It is a 2015 historical romance film by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The movie is about the love story between Peshwa Bajirao (Ranveer Singh), a married warrior, and Mastani (Deepika Padukone), a warrior princess. The movie also starred Priyanka Chopra as Kashibai, wife of Peshwa Bajirao. The film grossed over Rs 356.2 crore worldwide, including over Rs 254 crore in India and over Rs 102.2 crore overseas, becoming one of the highest grossing of 2015.

Some Major Points to Know aboutj Sanjay Leela Bhansali

1. Sanjay Leela Bhansali was born on February 24, 1963, in Bombay, Maharashtra.
2. He started his career as an assistant director to Vidhu Vinod Chopra for the romantic musical ‘Khamoshi: The Musical’ in 1996.
3. Movies like the romantic dramas ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ (1999) and ‘Devdas’ (2002) brought Sanjay Leela Bhansali into the mainstream and helped him achieve critical success.
4. ‘Devdas’ helped him get nominated for the BAFTA Award for ‘Best Film Not in the English Language’. 
5. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie ‘Black’ (2005) helped him bag the ‘National Film Award’ for ‘Best Feature Film in Hindi’ for directing the drama.
6. Other prominent accolades of Sanjay Leela Bhansali include the ‘National Film Award’ for ‘Best Direction’ for ‘Bajirao Mastani’, the ‘National Film Award’ for ‘Best Music Direction’ for ‘Padmaavat’, and ‘National and Filmfare Awards’ for the biopic ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’. 
7. ‘Baiju Bawra’ is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movie with Ranveer Singh. 
8. It is one of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's most passionate movies, made with a whopping budget of Rs 250 crore.
9. ‘Baiju Bawra’ also starred Alia Bhatt and Kiara Advani.
10. Other than ‘Baiju Bawra’, ‘Heeramandi’ is his OTT debut as a director, which will be released in 2024. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming movie with Ranveer Singh?

After ‘Goliyo Ki Raas Leela: Ramleela’, ‘Padmavat’, and ‘Bajirao Mastani’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is coming with his fourth movie with Ranveer Singh and ‘Baiju Bawra’. It is a remake of Meena Kumari's 1952 music classic ‘Baiju Bawra’.  

2. What are Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next projects?

'Baiju Bawra,' starring Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, and Kiara Advani, and 'Heeramandi,' starring Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Richa Chadha, are the next projects one can watch by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 2024. 

3. What is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next movie cast?

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's new movie is ‘Baiju Bawra’, in which he has cast Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, and Kiara Advani. 

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Conclusion 

Movie buffs always look forward to watching the classic cinema that Sanjay Leela Bhansali brings to the theatre. His movies have a vision that is embarked on opulent sets and evoked with mystical music and grandeur. As there are a few Sanjay Leela Bhansali upcoming movies lined up for the coming years, it would be interesting to see how they perform on the big screen.