Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the ace director, was once a boy from a Mumbai chawl. His journey to becoming one of the top directors in the Hindi film industry was not a cakewalk. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Bhansali recalled how Vidhu Vinod Chopra gave him his first job as an assistant after dismissing him at first.

While sharing, he said, "My entry into the film world was impossible. How did this boy, living near Bhindi Bazaar, come here? That boy never spoke well, had no friends, no influence, but there is a path, and it's a long path."