On Sunday evening, Salman Khan announced that his film Inshallah with Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been postponed. Later, speculations about what led to this fallout began. One of them being that Salman Khan wanted to work with Daisy Shah and Waluscha De Sousa over Alia Bhatt, who had been confirmed as the lead for the project, and recommended either of the two actresses for the lead role, but Sanjay Leela Bhansali refused to do so.

The film's representatives shared a quote from one of the sources, saying Alia Bhatt has always been the female lead right from the film's inception. "Alia was always the first choice. Salman didn't push for anyone. If you know Sanjay Leela Bhansali then you will also know that he doesn't listen to anyone or take to casting advice. He goes with who he thinks is right for the role. The fact that this character was already written with a certain flavour in mind there was no chance that the names doing the rounds would make it to the film."