Bhansali: These harrowing incidents made headlines before ‘Love & War’; in one film, an actress even narrowly escaped death. Bhansali: These painful accidents came into discussion before ‘Love and War’, an actress was saved from death in a film

Veteran Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is in the news these days for his upcoming ambitious film ‘Love and War’. The shooting of this film starring big stars like Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is going to start soon. But just before this mega project goes on the floors, some very scary and painful past related to the sets of Bhansali’s films have once again become a topic of discussion on social media and cinema corridors. The history of Bhansali, who is famous for building grand and luxurious sets, is witness to the fact that during the shooting of many of his films, such horrific accidents have taken place, which shook the entire film industry.

There was mourning on the sets of Devdas and Aishwarya’s life was in danger.

The accidents that took place on the sets of ‘Devdas’, one of the grandest films of Bhansali’s cinematic career, are still counted among the dark days of Bollywood. Many painful incidents had happened one after the other on this luxurious set in Mumbai’s Film City. One crew member died on the spot when a heavy light stand fell during the shooting, while another was seriously injured. Not only this, a terrible accident also happened with the film’s lead actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Aishwarya was hit by an uncontrolled jeep on the set, due to which she was thrown away and suffered serious injuries. At that time, everyone present on the set had stopped breathing and the life of the actress was saved with great difficulty.

There was terrible destruction on the sets of Black and Saawariya also.

This series of accidents was not limited to Devdas only. A major accident was witnessed during the shooting of Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee starrer film ‘Black’. There was a massive fire suddenly on the set of the film, due to which the luxurious set worth crores of rupees was burnt to ashes within minutes. Many important props and valuable equipment of the film were destroyed in this fire. After this, on the sets of Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor’s debut film ‘Saawariya’, a backstage worker died tragically after falling from a height. These frequent accidents had many times raised big questions regarding the security arrangements on Bhansali’s sets.

Precautions are being taken regarding security on the sets of ‘Love and War’

Taking lessons from these bitter and painful experiences of the past, according to the news coming from the Mumbai film industry, the makers of ‘Love and War’ do not want to leave any laxity in the security arrangements this time. The sets are being constructed under the supervision of technical experts from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai and are being built with AI based security tools and following stringent standards. Bhansali’s fans and the entire film industry are praying that this time the shooting of ‘Love and War’ should be completed safely without any hindrance and accident. Now it remains to be seen whether this new dream project of Bhansali creates new history at the box office.