Kareena Kapoor and Dhanush in Talks for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Upcoming Film
Director S Mithran is in advanced talks with actors Kareena Kapoor and Dhanush for a large-scale mythological jungle adventure film produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The project, currently in scriptwriting with multiple rewrites, is expected to begin pre-production in November 2026 and filming in January 2027. This would mark Mithran's Bollywood directorial debut. The film also rekindles past tensions between Kareena and Bhansali from the early 2000s over the casting of Devdas, with both sharing differing accounts of that event.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (50–50/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
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indianexpress broke this story on 22 Aug, 08:09 am. Other outlets followed.