This story is from July 13, 2012

Vidya loses Sabya to Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Mehul S Thakkar / Mumbai Mirror / Updated: Jul 13, 2012, 10:14 IST

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Bhansali demands that the designer focus on PeeCees look in his next and not on Balans Ghanchakkar

Vidya loses Sabya to Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Vidya Balan has lost the man responsible for her elegant makeovers,Sabyasachi Mukherjee to Priyanka Chopra.Sanjay Leela Bhansali,who relied on the fashion designer for giving all his leading ladies a distinctive look,signed him on once again for his upcoming Romeo Juliet romance Ram Leela.
Trouble began when the schedule for UTV's Ghanchakkar,starring Vidya,was shifted from September to August.The dates clashed with SLB's venture.And Sabya was torn between Vidya his favourite actress and currently his biggest brand ambassador and Bhansali his trusted filmmaker.
For Sabya,juggling two projects was not too much of a trouble.Or so,he thought.When the designer asked Bhansali to allow him work on Vidya's outfits in Ghanchakkar alongside PeeCee's in Ram Leela,the filmmaker flatly denied.A source close to Bhansali revealed,Bhansali asked Sabya to be constantly present on the sets of the film.Interestingly,Sabya's contract doesn't mention any such thing.It doesn't contain any clause barring him from working on any other project simultaneously.
Apparently,the argument between the filmmaker and the designer turned ugly. At the time of going to press,the makers of Ghanchakkar had sounded out another Kolkata bred designer Subarna Ray Chaudhari to design for Vidya.Subarna,incidentally has worked with the actress in Eklavya and Parineeta among other projects.Sabyasachi,who is travelling at the moment was not available for comment.Meanwhile,with PeeCee now signing on the dotted line,she may soon be joining Ranveer Singh in Gujarat where he is undertaking a workshop for Bhansali's film.

With inputs by Vickey Lalwani

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