Sanjay Leela Bhansali feels superstar Salman Khan would be "happy" that the filmmaker's most-ambitious project till date, 'Bajirao Mastani', has finally released, even though the actor could not be a part of it as the director had envisioned earlier.


Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Pic/Satej Shinde

'Bajirao Mastani', the magnum opus starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh Priyanka Chopra, released last Friday. Bhansali had been wanting to make the period romance from past 12 years. The film was originally envisaged with Salman and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles. The pair's break-up put the film in crisis.