Exclusive: Sanjay Leela Bhansali cancels Padmavati shoot for Vinod Khanna

On hearing the news of Vinod Khanna’s demise on Thursday afternoon, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali cancelled the day’s shoot of Padmavati.

Says a member of the film’s crew, “It just didn’t seem right to continue shooting after we heard of Vinod Khannaji passing away. Everyone felt emotional. More so, since his youngest child Sakshi is a regular at Sanjay Bhansali’s office.”

Rumours of Sakshi being launched by SLB’s production house have been doing the rounds for a while now. It is believed that Bhansali will focus on launching the young Khanna scion as soon as he’s done with Padmavati.