Sabyasaachi talks about the styling of Guzaarish!

Sabyasachi Mukherjee

How was it working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the second time after six years (Black)?

I have to tell you, in spite of the fact that both Sanjay and me are such intense people, it was great. I enjoy working with him because he is so methodical and organised. While the rest of the directors are still finding out what to do with their scripts, Sanjay is ready and bound with his script months in advance, everything broken down scene by scene. Sanjay knows exactly what he wants with his set, light and costume. Unless you do that, it is impossible to make a great visual film. You cannot make a visually stunning film unless the director of photography (Sudeep Chatterjee), art director (Sumit Basu) and costume director are in sync.

And in this case there was the great Bong connection ‘in sync’…

Yes. We three Bengalis were on the same page, sharing similar sensibilities.

Allegations that Bhansali's Guzaarish is a copy!

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali (SLB) is in the middle of a plagiarism row.

According to veteran writer/director Dayanand Raajan, his unpublished novel Summer Snow has been ripped off, almost in totality, by the makers of Guzaarish. Raajan has dashed off a legal notice to the producers, UTV and SLB asking them for an explanation on how their film has so many similarities with his novel. A seven-days notice period has been given to the allegedly accused failing which Dayanand will move court to get a stay order on the release on the movie.