Sanjay Leela Bhansali could not cast Sushant Singh Rajput in four movies due to unavailability of dates: Mumbai Police

A day after director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali recorded his statement at Bandra police station in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide case, Abhishek Trimukhe, DCP (Zone IX), Mumbai Police, said that Bhansali was planning to take the actor in four of his films.

“Sanjay Leela Bhansali was planning to take Sushant in four of his films. But due to unavailabilty of dates, the films had other actors,” Trimukhe said.

While it was confirmed that Sanjay Leela Bhansali was trying to rope in Sushant Singh Rajput for 'Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram-Leela' and 'Bajirao Mastani', the other two films he wanted to cast the actor in, remain unknown. A few reports suggest Bhansali approached Rajput for 'Padmaavat' too, but could not cast the actor in any of the film because of Sushant's contract with Yash Raj Films (YRF).

Abhishek further informed that police has taken into custody CCTV recordings of the building in which Sushant was staying. “No CCTVs installed in Sushant’s house. Forensic reports are awaited,” he stated.

“Mumbai Police is investigating into all important details about this case. Mumbai Police is awaiting response from nodal of Twitter, about the alleged tweets circulated on social media from SSR handle,” Trimukhe added. Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai residence earlier in June.