Sushant Singh Rajput’s death: Sanjay Leela Bhansali denies ousting the actor from films

Sanjay Leela Bhansali was latest celebrity to have been summoned by Mumbai Police in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. filmmaker was snapped by paparazzi as he arrived at Bandra police station in city on Monday. director has reportedly given his recording regarding case and has denied removing late actor from his films. 

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali denies removing Sushant Singh Rajput from his films

Sanjay had arrived at Bandra Police station at 12:30 pm with some of his staff members and lawyers. Reportedly, Devdas director's statement was recorded for three hours wherein police had formulated 20 questions for him. Sanjay was summoned at Bandra Police station which was led by ACP Dattatray Bhargude of Bandra Division along with Investigation Officer PI Bhushan Belnekar.

According to media reports, Padmaavat director was also summoned at Santacruz Police station wherein he was quipped around 35 to 40 questions by Zonal DCP Abhishek Trimukhe. Reportedly, Sushant was offered films Ram Leela and Bajirao Mastani which were extremely successful at box office. director reportedly denied ousting Sushant from his movies during his statement.

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali reveals he was t close to Sushant

According to media reports, Bhansali revealed during statement that at that time, late actor was busy working under Yash Raj banner for Shekhar Kapur's Paani and had thus refused to work with him. filmmaker added that this was also reason for which he did t ask him again. Bhansali reportedly revealed during statement that he had met Chhicchore actor in year 2016 to discuss some projects. He added that since se films did t pan out, he did t have any furr conversation with late actor. Saawariya director also said that since he was t close to Kedarnath actor, he was also unaware of his depression. 

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Meanwhile, Yash Raj Films Casting Director Shao Sharma was also summoned for second round of questioning. Shao was first spotted at police station on June 27, 2020. Aashish Singh, who used to work with YRF, before moving to Netflix last year, was also reportedly interrogated. YRF banner has also submitted contract copy with Sushant, as per instructions of police force.

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