Sanjay Leela Bhansali - TOO LATE

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Tired of waiting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali to start production of Chenab Gandhi, the film's writer-director Vibhu Puri parts ways with him

           They both picked up Filmfare Best Actor awards when they came together in Paa,but writer-director Vibhu Puri's dream of seeing them share the same frame in his ambitious film Chenab Gandhi may remain just that -- a dream

            Ouri, who has written the script of the film, had teamed up with Sanjay Leela Bhansali to translate it into celluloid. But there's word that the two have had a fallout.

            So while Sanjay Leela Bhansali may still harbour a desire to go ahead with the film, there's little he can do since the story belongs to Vibhu Puri, Which also means that after he completes Guzaarish, (incidentally, Vibhu Puri, also co-wrote this one), Bhansali will have to work on a new idea for his next.

             It emerges that the bone of contention between Bhansale and Puri was that the director had finally run out of patience because the film was just not getting off the blocks. Asource close to Puri says, "Vibhu waited for two years. Finally his patience began to wear thin and even had a word with Bhansali about it. Now he's just taken the script and left. "

        Those in the know vouch that Chenab Gandhi has had more than its fair share of hiccups. After Hurman Baweja walked out of it, something went wrong when John Abraham was approached. Finally, Rajeev Khandelwal was taken on board. Shooting for the film was supposed to start in September 2009, but the schedule was reportedly delayed because Khandelwal was busy with his reality show Sach Ka Saamna.

          ource close to Puri say that other producers have been sending feelers and have expressed interest in his script, but the flip side is that even if Puri does make the film with somebody else, he may not get the dream team of Amitabh-Vidya-Rajeev.