Is Sanjay Bhansali making Baiju Bawra with Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt next? That was indeed the plan. But for now this next proposed musical Baiju Bawra(for which Bhansali has composed as many as 20 songs) is on hold.

A source very close to the director says the Gangubai director has for now decided to pour all his creative energy into his Netflix dream project Heeramandi .

Says a source very close to Bhansali, “It is a very complicated webseries with numerous characters and elaborate songs and dances. Of course it won’t have too much dancing. But singing and dancing will be the crux of the kotha culture. The sets costumes and other details are extremely demanding. Bhansali had thought he would supervise Heeramandi while prepping for his next Baiju Bawra. But now, given the amount of time and labour that Heeramandi requires he has put Baiju Bawra on the backburner. After Heeramandi he may not do Baiju Bawra right away, and may go on to something less elaborate and exhausting.”

For now it’s Heeramandi all the way for the only contemporary epic filmmaker in Hindi cinema.