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Sanjay Leela Bhansali is one of the most celebrated filmmakers in India today but this road to success wasnt an easy one for the director who grew up in a one-room chawl with an alcoholic father..
In a 2002 interview with Simi Garewal, Sanjay and his mother recalled that to make ends meet, they would collect sarees from a nearby shop and stitch falls onto them..
Kabhi 4 saree milti thi, kabhi 12 saree milti thi, kabhi 24 saree milti thi so that was there, we had to face it (We would go to a nearby saree shop and get sarees from there in the evening, and stitch falls onto them until late night..
Hegot emotional in this interview as he spoke about his fathers alcohol problems and recalled that even though his father never got violent with him, it was living in a house which had lot of violence around...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has spoken at length about how his fathers alcohol problems somehow influenced his decision to make Devdas..
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